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Chemistry Task Cards

Last week we started our annual review for our state assessment called the STAAR test.  I vowed not to make this a miserable experience for students and to give them a review that was a little bit different that reviews that they have done in the past.  Each day we have been doing something different and I'm going to try and blog about it as we go.

The first unit we hit was chemistry.  This is an abstract topic for anyone, but for 8th graders it's even more challenging.  I developed a couple of sets of task cards that I used in my room last week that really worked out well.  One day I facilitated the timing of the cards and they simply answered the questions on the answer document.  I left each card up for about 45 seconds before moving on to the next one.

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I was able to quickly look and see which concepts I would need to review the following day after grading their papers.  They actually graded them.  I just reviewed them.

Later on that week I set the task cards up in stations and let the students go from card to card and answer the questions at their own pace.  This didn’t work as well for me because their were 40 cards total. I simply ran out of time and the students weren’t doing well with time management. Next time I may pace it for them. We’re in the middle of crunch time so every minute is crucial, but I can see this being a valuable technique earlier on in the year.  It still worked out a lot better than me reviewing all day long with them sitting there having to listen to me yammer on and on.

Both of the sets include 40 cards that come 4 to a page.  They cover a variety of chemistry topics including:

- Atomic structure including the location, charge, and mass of protons, nuetrons, and electrons
- Counting protons, neutrons, and electons given a model of an atom
- Valence electrons and their impact on reactivity
- Properties of metals, nonmetals, and metalloids

- Comparing and contrasting compounds and elements.
- Counting the number of atoms or elements in a compound
- Physical and chemical change scenarios
- Evidence of a chemical change
- Chemical equations including reactants and products, balanced and unbalanced equations.
Student Data Sheets and Teacher Answer Key are also included

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You can buy either set from my TPT store or save 20% and buy them together.

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