Chemistry class plays Battleship with periodic tables

Students enrolled in chemistry recitation at LSMSA played Battleship with periodic tables to review electron configurations during class on Thursday, Oct. 5. According to Dr. Michele Stover, instructor, in order to attack their opponent, students had to give the corresponding electron configuration for the element. The opponent confirmed the attack by giving the name of the element. “Electron configurations can be a difficult concept for some students as it is not a topic that is taught in the lab setting,” said Stover. “Students have to learn how to visualize electrons which are too small to be studied experimentally. This is important because the various shells and orbitals the electrons exist in determine the chemical and physical properties of that element.”