Guess the element

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Periodic Table

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La57

138.905

Ce58

140.116

Ac89

[227]

Group 3

Group 1

Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Group 9 Group 10 Group 11 Group 12

Re75

186.207

Sm62

150.36

Bh107

[270]

Tl81

204.38

Er68

167.259

Nh113

[286]

Ta73

180.948

Nd60

144.242

Db105

[268]

Ir77

192.217

Gd64

157.25

Mt109

[278]

Bi83

208.980

Yb70

173.054

Mc115

[289]

Au79

196.967

Dy66

162.500

Rg111

[280]

At85

[210]

Ts117

[294]

Hf72

178.49

Pr59

140.908

Rf104

[267]

Os76

190.23

Eu63

151.964

Hs108

[269]

Pb82

207.2

Tm69

168.934

Fl114

[289]

W74

183.84

Pm61

[145]

Sg106

[269]

Pt78

195.084

Tb65

158.925

Ds110

[281]

Actinides

Lanthanides

Po84

[209]

Lu71

174.967

Lv116

[293]

Hg80

200.592

Ho67

164.930

Cn112

[285]

Th90

232.038

Pu94

[244]

Fm100

[257]

U92

238.029

Cm96

[247]

No102

[259]

Cf98

[251]

Pa91

231.036

Am95

[243]

Md101

[258]

Np93

[237]

Bk97

[247]

Lr103

[262]

Es99

[252]

Transition metals

He2

4.003

Rn86

[222]

Og118

[294]

H1

1.008

Cs55

132.905

Fr87

[223]

Al13

26.982

P15

30.974

Cl17

35.45

Si14

28.085

S16

32.06

Ar18

39.95

Na11

22.990

Mg12

24.305

Y39

88.906

Tc43

[98]

In49

114.818

Nb41

92.906

Rh45

102.906

Sb51

121.760

Ag47

107.868

I53

126.904

Zr40

91.224

Ru44

101.07

Sn50

118.710

Mo42

95.95

Pd46

106.42

Te52

127.60

Cd48

112.414

Xe54

131.293

Rb37

85.468

Sr38

87.62

B5

10.81

N7

14.007

F9

18.998

C6

12.011

O8

15.999

Ne10

20.180

Li3

6.94

Be4

9.012

Sc21

44.956

Mn25

54.938

Ga31

69.723

V23

50.942

Co27

58.933

As33

74.922

Cu29

63.546

Br35

79.904

Ti22

47.867

Fe26

55.845

Ge32

72.630

Cr24

51.996

Ni28

58.693

Se34

78.971

Zn30

65.38

Kr36

83.798

K19

39.098

Ca20

40.078

Ba56

137.327

Ra88

[226]

Alkaline earth metals

Group 2 Group 13 Group 15Group 14 Group 16Halogens Group 17

Noble gases Group 18

Alkali metals

These activities have been created by the Royal Society of Chemistry to help celebrate the International Year of the Periodic Table. Find out more at: www.rsc.org/iypt

Instructions – find out about the elements that make us• Lay out food samples in containers (listed in table below).

• Lay out cut-outs of elements (element boxes).

• Participant to match element to the food that contains it.

• Answers on bottom of container.

• Information about the element printed on the element boxes.

Use talking points to think about how all the atoms that make us come from our food, the atoms are not changed in our body.

How it works/information to organiser• Chosen foods (contain the elements C, O, H in addition to):

Element Food

Calcium (Ca) Milk/cheese

Magnesium (Mg) Chocolate

Sodium (Na) Table salt

Chlorine (Cl) Bread

Phosphorus (P) Rice

Chromium (Cr) Oats

Copper (Cu) Mushrooms

Potassium (K) Banana

Selenium (Se) Brazil nuts

Iron (Fe) Beans

Zinc (Zn) Eggs

Talking points:• �Foods are vegetarian and widely available. The idea is to have clear containers with the

food, the answers as to which elements are contained in that food is underneath. Easy to access.

• Only considering essential elements (not necessarily pollutants).

• The colours of the boxes match up to the flame test/element colours where possible.

• There are 7 octillion (1027) atoms in the body.

• �34 of the elements from the periodic table are found in the body, 28 of them make up less than 1%.

• “the dose is the poison”- some of the elements listed can be toxic at high concentrations but are essential in small amounts.

• These foods contain C, H and O as well as the others listed.

• The body cannot make atoms (unlike molecules) they need to be ingested.

• https://www.compoundchem.com/2016/03/26/eggs/

• https://www.compoundchem.com/2016/03/16/chocolatecen/

• https://www.compoundchem.com/2016/01/20/bread-aroma/

• https://www.compoundchem.com/2015/10/09/mushrooms/

Element boxes: info about the element and excess/deficiency in diet. To be printed, laminated and folded into a triangle (taped on the edge).

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References:1. British Nutrition Foundation. 2009. Minerals and trace elements. [ONLINE] Available at:

https://www.nutrition.org.uk/nutritionscience/nutrients-food-and-ingredients/minerals-and-trace-elements.html?showall=1&limitstart=. [Accessed 7 January 2019].

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3. Freemantle, M., 1999. What’s that Stuff. C&E News, 77, pp.47-81.

4. Megan Ware. 2017. What is the nutritional value of mushrooms?. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/278858.php. [Accessed 7 January 2019].

5. NHS. 2017. Iron. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamins-and-minerals/iron/.

6. Royal Society of Chemistry. 2019. Periodic Table. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.rsc.org/periodic-table. [Accessed 7 January 2019].

7. Rubio, C., Ojeda, I., Gutierrez, A.J., Paz, S., González-Weller, D. and Hardisson, A., 2018. Exposure assessment of trace elements in fresh eggs from free-range and home-grown hens analysed by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 69, pp.45-52.

8. Teherani, D.K., 1987. Trace elements analysis in rice. Journal of radioanalytical and nuclear chemistry, 117(3), pp.133-143.

9. Yorifuji, B., 2012. Wonderful life with the elements: The periodic table personified. No Starch Press.

Images:• Pixabay. 2014. Skeleton Anatomy Medicine. [ONLINE] Available at:

https://pixabay.com/en/skeleton-anatomy-medicine-biology-308674/. [Accessed 7 January 2019].

• Pixabay. 2017. Disco-discotheque-frame-people. [ONLINE] Available at: https://pixabay.com/en/disco-discotheque-frame-people-2754306 “https://pixabay.com/en/disco-discotheque-frame-people-2754306/” /. [Accessed 7 January 2019].

• Pixabay. 2017. Cranium-head-human-male-man. [ONLINE] Available at: https://pixabay.com/en/cranium-head-human-male-man-2099140 “https://pixabay.com/en/cranium-head-human-male-man-2099140/” /. [Accessed 7 January 2019].

• Pixabay. 2017. Cranium-head-human-male-man. [ONLINE] Available at: https://pixabay.com/en/cranium-head-human-male-man-2729762/. [Accessed 7 January 2019].