Atoms and Molecules Stations Scavenger Hunt Activity for Middle School Science

Description

Engage students as they learn about atoms and molecules in this simple to use scavenger hunt. Students travel to 10 stations where they will find 10 questions. The answers to each question are in short paragraphs on different stations. This allows students lots of movement around the classroom and the opportunity to read the 10 short paragraphs about atoms and molecules several times.

The activity works great to front load the content because no prior knowledge is needed – all answers can be found at the stations. Includes questions such as:

• A group of 2 or more atoms bonded together is a(n) __. (molecule)
• The __ is the total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus. (mass number)

As students travel around they room, they complete the answer grid which has some letters highlighted. The letters will spell out the answer to a riddle (“Where does the chemist have his lunch?” “The Periodic Table.”)

This activity includes a modified version in which students are told which of the stations to find each of the answers.

Simple to use – just print and go! My students took about 25-30 minutes to complete this activity with no prior knowledge at all.