ChemMend: A Card Game To Introduce and Explore the Periodic Table while Engaging Students’ Interest

Abstract

The deeply knowledge of the periodic table is one of the most important keys to understand the basic principles of Chemistry. Memorizing the elements of the groups and periods is one of the most commonly used strategies to learn the position of each element in the periodic table; nevertheless it is a hard task for most students. The use of card games can represent a useful alternative to teach some chemical aspects. Here, we present ChemMend, a new Chemical card game which will allow chemistry students to obtain a good ability in the periodic table. This game attracts the attention of the students, and it allows them to review mentally the period and group while playing; being the learning a consequence of the game. The ChemMend game will introduce and explore the periodic table in the classroom.