Science has an image of being about theories, laws and mathematical formulas. As a result, we don't always think about studying science subjects, we can easily forget they also involve learning many facts and details. Chemistry is in fact well known for the amount of facts that students studying the subject need to be familiar with. This includes, for example, the names, symbols and properties of elements, chemical formula, and of course the terminology that chemists uses to describe various chemical reactions and processes.
Students who don't know the key facts of chemistry (such as names of elements, etc.) will of course struggle with the subject, so good teachers tend to seek out ways to assist their students in learning these essentials. Fun, engaging and enjoyable classroom activities offer one of the best ways to learn, so many teachers actively seek out new activities for their students. Educational games turn out to be one of the most popular, and effective, classroom activities. And, one of the most popular educational games is in fact bingo.
Bingo is an almost ideal game for educational situations. Partly this is because almost everybody already knows how to play the game, and those few who don't can quickly learn how, as well as the fact that the game can be adapted to teaching almost any subject, including chemistry, by using bingo cards printed with squares containing the items being taught, instead of numbers. Also, the game of bingo has the advantage that it does not require expensive specialist materials, which is very important given the financial constraint that teachers work under these days.
To play bingo in the classroom, the teacher plays the part of the bingo caller, each student is given a bingo card, and then you play the game. Of course, the teacher has the option of modifying the style of play if she wants, for example by encouraging classroom dicussion after items are called out, or by requiring students to describe the items that they have marked off from their cards.
Of course, if you'd like to play chemistry bingo in class, you will need to get some bingo cards printed with items related to chemistry. The easiest way for a teacher to obtain such bingo cards, is simply by printing them from her computer. This is simple enough even for computer novices, because of the availability of ready-to-use bingo printables that are available online, and of easy-to-use bingo card printing software, which can print any types of bingo cards that you might need.
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