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Students read a passage with clues about 10 mystery elements to find their identity.
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In this activity, students will:
A sample passage about an element is as follows:
Other elements may be interesting, but I have a superpower. I save millions of lives! I am a major component in a large class of drugs called antibiotics – medicines that kill dangerous bacteria that cause serious infections. Before the discovery of these medicines in the 1930’s, millions of people died from infection. Here’s a clue to my identity – the class of drugs I belong to are called sulfa-drugs. My symbol is S.
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