Activity Lesson 1 and 2
Activity Lesson 1 and 2
Level: _________________________
Activity 1.1
Instructions: To broaden your understanding that this lesson can be applied in real life, research
and read about the elements that can be found in our blood and bones. Use the
following table below and copy the format on a 1 whole piece of paper.
3. What was the connection of the article you read to the lesson about the formation of
elements?
Instructions: Find the hidden words inside the box of letters and encircle them. Use the words
you found to match them with the guide sentences that follow.
A G B Y H N E D T E A F
T D E V O H E N R Y F R
O S D E J B P Q A S I I
M C G G L B L A N G U N
I J F D A A O S S K K G
C U A O S I Y D U U T T
W G O S D T Y U R T O D
E L E M E N T B A O S E
I Y T A W L I B N M A F
G K Y G C J R G I P E C
H K G A S K A T U N D L
T S D O Q R L R M I G O
Y D N P A E O E H A T K
N V B L A F P S R D R J
F D O T V U Y H T W G H
Guide Sentences:
DOWN
1. This is the term for the combined number of protons and neutrons.
ANS: _________________________________
2. This is what the heaviest elements are called.
ANS: _________________________________
3. This means that one part of a molecule is either more positively-charged or
negatively-charged.
ANS: _________________________________
ACROSS
Remember that during star explosions, heavier elements are created? That same
concept happens here on Earth when a nuclear bomb explodes. When a nuke explodes, traces
of radioactive elements such as Uranium and those heavier than it are left in the wake of the
explosion. This radioactivity can be hazardous to the health of the people near the area.
Instructions: To broaden your understanding that this lesson can be applied in real life,
research and read about the Chernobyl Nuclear Incident focusing on the topics
of radiation and its effects. Use the following table below and copy the format on
a 1 whole piece of paper.
Title of the Article: C Date of the Article’s Publication: Ma
2. What heavy element was the Chernobyl nuclear accelerators supposed to make?
What was the connection of the article you read to the concept of atomic number led to the
synthesis of new elements in the laboratory?