Teachers · Grades 9–12
Reactivity you can feel before you name the series.
Chem 1 kids who can recite alkali metals still draw Potassium on Water. The saloon makes the activity series expensive.
Runtime
15 minutes as opener or closer
Device
Board for whole class; Chromebooks for station play
Who
Physical science / Chemistry 1
What they actually learn
- Alkali metals + water is not trivia — it ends your round
- Halogen + alkali metal → salt, written, not guessed
- Strong acid + strong base as a bust condition
- Iron can defuse Water as a control (Calcium reacts with water — do not treat Ca as a defuse)
- You can win without a single boom: seven stable elements ends the round with a bonus
- Read-aloud button and English or Spanish per seat, for ELL and ESE
Standards the boom touches
HS-PS1-2
Explain the outcome of a simple reaction based on patterns.
HS-PS1-1 / 1-7
Use as a qualitative hook before balancing by hand.
Florida NGSSS (provisional)
SC.912.P.8.7
Ca + water fizzes. K + water ignites. That gap is the activity series. Not a lab replacement, not stoichiometry practice.
A period that doesn’t flop
- 01Cold open: one Kid-style reckless draw. Don’t preview the tip.
- 02Then play with tips on.
- 03Bridge: write the activity series under the three danger pairs.
Try before you buy
Preview the table, then bring the pack to class.
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SKU LHL-PR-GAME
Game
$9.99
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Teacher pack
$3.99
Printable classroom companion (~14 pages + answer key): Three Fights poster, desk card, EN/ES/HT glossary, warm-up, reaction log, explain-the-boom, activity series, 3 exit tickets, ESE/ELL path, and standards.
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Bundle
$11.99
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