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Periodic table mnemonic (memory device)

Here is a mnemonic for learning the first 20 elements of the Periodic Table, courtesy of a student of Mr John Turner who still remembered it after 40 years!

Periodic table mnemonic
1	Happy	Hydrogen	1			H
2	Harry	Helium	2			He
3	listens	Lithium	2	1		Li
4	B	Beryllium	2	2		Ba
5	B	Boron	2	3		B
6	C	Carbon	2	4		C
7	network	Nitrogen	2	5		N
8	over	Oxygen	2	6		O
9	France	Fluorine	2	7		F
10	nevertheless	Neon	2	8		Ne
11	nothing	Sodim	2	8		Na
12	more	Magnesium	2	8	1	Mg
13	arose	Aluminum	2	8	2	Al
14	so	Silicon	2	8	3	Si
15	Peter	Phosphorus	2	8	4	P
16	stopped	Sulfur	2	8	5	S
17	cleaning	Chlorine	2	8	6	Cl
18	airgun	Argon	2	8	7	Ar
19	K	Potassium	2	8	8	K
20	Ca	Calcium	2	8	8	Ca

Challenge: See if you can wotk in groups or on your own to make up a memory device for the first 10 elements.

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