Idea Bank: Periodic Table of Cereal Boxes
Tue, Aug 06, 2013 10:22 AM
Cereal Box Periodic Table
This activity involves collecting 100+ cereal box fronts for the purpose of introducing the periodic table of the elements. Students sort and arrange the cereal boxes into columns and rows based on common characteristics.
The resulting table of box fronts is "too big to permanently display" so I'm wondering how all students remain actively engaged throughout the activity. Also, the 80 minutes required for the activity is too long for a 1 hour class period such as mine. How could it be modified for classes not on the block schedule?