1. Challenge #1 Image made with http://www.wordle.net/ T. Trimpe 2008 http://sciencespot.net/

2. What is it? Rearrange the symbols for the elements and use the clues provided to figure out the words. Example: Something to follow Thorium + Protactinium 1. You’ll want to be first! Cerium + Radium 2. Masked bandit Nitrogen + Cobalt + Radium + Oxygen 3. Not anybody Oxygen + Boron + Dysprosium + Nitrogen + Oxygen 4. Beware of this snake! Oxygen + Carbon + Boron + Radium Th + Pa PATH

3. The answers are … 1. You’ll want to be first! Cerium + Radium 2. Masked bandit Nitrogen + Cobalt + Radium + Oxygen 3. Not anybody Oxygen + Boron + Dysprosium + Nitrogen + Oxygen 4. Beware of this snake! Oxygen + Carbon + Boron + Radium Ce + RaRACE N + Co + Ra + O RACOON O + B + Dy + N + O NOBODY O + C + B + RaCOBRA

4. What is it? Rearrange the symbols for the elements and use the clues provided to figure out the words. 1. Sir Lancelot had one! Cerium + Nitrogen + Lanthanum 2. Something to solve Selenium + Calcium 3. Beware of this large mammal! Erbium + Oxygen + Rhodium + Osmium + Carbon + Indium 4. This might make you think of the moon! Argon + Nitrogen + Lutetium

5. 1. Sir Lancelot had one! Cerium + Nitrogen + Lanthanum 2. Something to solve Selenium + Calcium 3. Beware of this large mammal! Erbium + Oxygen + Rhodium + Osmium + Carbon + Indium 4. This might make you think of the moon! Argon + Nitrogen + Lutetium The answers are … Ce + N + LaLANCE Se + CaCASE Er + O + Rh + Os + C + In RHINOCEROS Ar + N + LuLUNAR

6. What is it? Rearrange the symbols for the elements and use the clues provided to figure out the words. 1. You need this to see! Sodium + Titanium + Rhenium 2. You or me Sulfur + Nitrogen + Phosphorous + Oxygen + Erbium 3. Vacation home Calcium + Indium + Boron 4. Don’t gamble on this one! Erbium + Polonium + Potassium

7. 1. You need this to see! Sodium + Titanium + Rhenium 2. You or me Sulfur + Nitrogen + Phosphorous + Oxygen + Erbium 3. Vacation home Calcium + Indium + Boron 4. Don’t gamble on this one! Erbium + Polonium + Potassium The answers are … Na + Ti + ReRETINA S + N + P + O + Er PERSON Ca + In + BCABIN Er + Po + K POKER

8. What is it? Rearrange the symbols for the elements and use the clues provided to figure out the words. 1. Shirt and pants Oxygen + Einsteinium + Chlorine + Thorium 2. A small angle Uranium + Actinium + Tellurium 3. A bone in your leg Boron + Uranium + Iodine + Lanthanum + Fluorine 4. A place full of silicon dioxide Actinium + Beryllium +Hydrogen

9. 1. Shirt and pants Oxygen + Einsteinium + Chlorine + Thorium 2. A small angle Uranium + Actinium + Tellurium 3. A bone in your leg Boron + Uranium + Iodine + Lanthanum + Fluorine 4. A place full of silicon dioxide Actinium + Beryllium +Hydrogen The answers are … O + Es + Cl + Th CLOTHES U + Ac + TeACUTE B + U + I + La + F FIBULA Ac + Be + HBEACH

10. What is it? Rearrange the symbols for the elements and use the clues provided to figure out the words. 1. A holiday decoration Hydrogen + Tungsten + Rhenium + Astatine 2. Water vapor Americium + Sulfur + Tellurium 3. Not first Cobolt + Neodymium + Selenium 4. Lemons make you do this Erbium + Uranium + Potassium + Phosphorus + Carbon

11. 1. A holiday decoration Hydrogen + Tungsten + Rhenium + Astatine 2. Water vapor Americium + Sulfur + Tellurium 3. Not first Cobolt + Neodymium + Selenium 4. Lemons make you do this Erbium + Uranium + Potassium + Phosphorus + Carbon The answers are … H + W + Re + At WREATH Am + S + TeSTEAM Co + Nd + SeSECOND Er + U + K + P + C PUCKER

12. What is it? Rearrange the symbols for the elements and use the clues provided to figure out the words. 1. Somewhere Cerium+ Lanthanum + Phosphorus 2. A large raptor Yttrium + Osmium + Rhenium + Phosphorus 3. A brother’s son Tungsten + Phosphorus + Neon + Helium 4. You’d like to have lots of this Neon + Yttrium + Molybdenum

13. 1. Somewhere Cerium+ Lanthanum + Phosphorus 2. A large raptor Yttrium + Osmium + Rhenium + Phosphorus 3. A brother’s son Tungsten + Phosphorus + Neon + Helium 4. You’d like to have lots of this! Neon + Yttrium + Molybdenum The answers are … Ce + La + P PLACE Y + Os + Re + P OSPREY W + P + Ne + He NEPHEW Ne + Y + Mo MONEY

14. What is it? Rearrange the symbols for the elements and use the clues provided to figure out the words. 1. Something you do to a door Nitrogen + Carbon + Potassium + Oxygen + Potassium 2. Think Hawaii! Lanthanum + Iodine + Darmstadtium + Nitrogen + Sulfur 3. You might take one of these! Erbium + Potassium + Hydrogen + Iodine 4. Some people are scared of these Oxygen + Chlorine + Tungsten + Sulfur + Nitrogen

15. 1. Something you do to a door Nitrogen + Carbon + Potassium + Oxygen + Potassium 2. Think Hawaii! Lanthanum + Iodine + Darmstadtium + Nitrogen + Sulfur 3. You might take one of these! Erbium + Potassium + Hydrogen + Iodine 4. Some people are scared of these Oxygen + Chlorine + Tungsten + Sulfur + Nitrogen The answers are … N + C + K + O + K KNOCK La + I + Ds + N + S ISLANDS Er + K + H + I HIKER O + Cl + W + S + N CLOWNS

16. What is it? Rearrange the symbols for the elements and use the clues provided to figure out the words. 1. A favorite food Holmium + Cobalt + Tellurium + Carbon + Lanthanum 2. A great place to live! Calcium + Erbium + Americium + Iodine 3. Dracula’s home Indium + Carbon + Fluorine + Oxygen + Fluorine 4. Try to find the end of this! Tungsten + Radium + Boron + Indium + Oxygen

17. The answers are … Ho + Co + Te + C + La CHOCOLATE Ca + Er + Am + I AMERICA In + C + F + O + F COFFIN W + Ra + B + In + O RAINBOW 1. A favorite food Holmium + Cobalt + Tellurium + Carbon + Lanthanum 2. A great place to live! Calcium + Erbium + Americium + Iodine 3. Dracula’s home Indium + Carbon + Fluorine + Oxygen + Fluorine 4. Try to find the end of this! Tungsten + Radium + Boron + Indium + Oxygen

18. What is it? Rearrange the symbols for the elements and use the clues provided to figure out the words. 1. Get several of these $5 deals Uranium + Sulfur + Boron + Sulfur 2. Beware of this odorous animal Potassium + Sulfur + Nitrogen + Potassium + Uranium 3. These go round and round Uranium + Boron + Phosphorus + Hydrogen + Calcium + Sulfur 4. A noisy clock Oxygen + Carbon + Copper + Potassium + Oxygen

19. 1. Get several of these $5 deals Uranium + Sulfur + Boron + Sulfur 2. Beware of this odorous animal Potassium + Sulfur + Nitrogen + Potassium + Uranium 3. These go round and round Uranium + Boron + Phosphorus + Hydrogen + Calcium + Sulfur 4. A noisy clock Oxygen + Carbon + Copper + Potassium + Oxygen The answers are … U + S + B + S K + S + N + K + U SKUNK U + B + P + H + Ca + S HUBCAPS O + C + Cu + K + O CUCKOO SUBS