Periodic Table Symbol-Search Puzzles

These Periodic Table puzzles are ideal as starter or plenary activities for chemistry or science lessons.
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They are designed to help students to easily memorise the main groups of the Periodic Table.
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About Symbol Search Puzzles
The Symbol Search puzzles are similar to wordsearch puzzles but instead of searching for words, the student searches for instances of a sequence of symbols.
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The sequences used in these puzzles are the element groups of the periodic table.
for example, group I – Li Na K Rb Cs Fr.
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Each puzzle has five instances of the correct sequence – the sequences can be displayed horizontally (to the left or right) or vertically (upwards or downwards) or diagonally.
The student has to discover the five instances in each puzzle.
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There are puzzles for all of the groups I to VIII.
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The puzzles and their solutions are provided as a pdf file for printing.