Dr Hal's Chemistry Trumps - Top Science Card Game

Dr Hal's Chemistry Trumps is a trump-card game in the style of Top Trumps™, with thirty two chemical elements of the Periodic Table as the subject of the game. The game has been developed at, and supported by, the University of Brighton. Chemistry Trumps won the University of Brighton Innovation Award. The game is designed by 'Dr Hal' Sosabowski, science consultant on ITV's Ministry of Mayhem, BBC's Bright Sparks and live chemistry evangelist, well known for his Bigger Bang! Show (see www.thebiggerbang.co.uk )

See the show reel at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joaPiUmr90I

Each playing card has a picture of the relevant element either in its native form or in some type of application. There are some common elements and some less common ones, and each card has a picture of the element or the element in some interesting application. We took many images ourselves, or used under licence some of Theodore Gray's breathtaking images from his www.periodictable.com website. The trump factors are Atomic Mass, Danger Factor, Usefulness Factor, Melting Point and Year of Discovery. At the bottom of each card are some 'Elementary Facts', designed to give the player some insights into the element. All the factors and the facts have been meticulously researched and proofed to ensure an excellent playing experience for participants, and the game is backed up with a fact-packed online periodic table which explains the Factors and adds to the educational experience.

The element cards are: Aluminium (Al), Americium (Am), Arsenic (As), Bismuth (Bi), bromine (Br), Calcium (Ca), Carbon (C), Chlorine (Cl), Cobalt (Co), Copper (Cu), Iron (Fe), Fermium (Fm), Gold (Au), Helium (He), Hydrogen (H), Iodin (I), Iron (Fe), Lead (Pb), Magnesium (Mg), Mercury (Hg), Neon (Ne), Nitrogen (N), Oxygen (O), Phophorus (P), Platinum (Pt), Plutonium (Pu), Radon (Rn), Sodium (Na), Sulphur (S), Tin (Sn), Uranium (U), Zirconium (Zr).

Dr Hal's Chemistry Trumps are an excellent tool for learning through play; we have run test groups of younger players and they have learned not only about the common elements, but also about the less common ones, and how to deal with, and compare negative numbers like low melting points and pre-AD Years of Discovery. Older players have benefited by learning new facts from the game and also by seeing unusual examples of application of elements, as well as learning new elementary facts.

There are 33 cards in a pack, 32 of which are element playing cards. The rules are on the reverse of the title card.  

Dr Hal's Chemistry Trumps will appeal not only to younger players but also GCSE/A-Level students who know of the Top Trumps™ format and who have an interest in chemistry. They are also an ideal way for parents to become involved in a child's chemistry learning whilst also having fun. 

These packs are new, and commercially printed by the same printers that produce Top Trumps™; naturally to the same standard. They are also cellophane wrapped and come in a tuck box.

A must for the Trumps collector, the chemistry enthusiast, the science scholar, the science-oriented pupil or anyone who wants to play an unusual and novel trumps game.

Thanks for looking!

Dr Hal

Feel free to email me at DrHal@DrHal.co.uk or 'ask seller a question' for further details or if you have any questions.