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The Periodic Table Games are intended to expose students to the vocabulary of chemistry: formulas, combination rules, and descriptive chemistry. They may be played by an individual against the computer, or by several competing players.
Each is a "guess-the-formula" game. They differ only in that in the Nomenclature Game the name of the compound is given; in the Formula Game it is not. The player initially sees a pattern of question marks representing the elements and numbers in the unknown formula. The object is to determine what they are, using one's knowledge of oxidation numbers, common radicals and ions, periodic properties, and the conventions of inorganic formulas.
Feedback is given after incorrect guesses. For an element the responses become increasingly specific and involve its properties. The games are entirely about
chemistry. There are no distractions such as rockets to be shot
down or aliens to be massacred.
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