The Periodic Table is a tabular array of the chemical elements organized by atomic number, from the element with the lowest atomic number, hydrogen, to the element with the highest atomic number, oganesson. The atomic number of an element is the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom of that element. Hydrogen has 1 proton, and oganesson has 118.

Chemical element, arranged on the basis of their atomic numbers, electron ic configuration and recurring chemical properties.

Here is a diagram of the standard periodic table:

As can be seen from the table, there are two elements in the first row: Hydrogen (H) and Helium (He). In the second row, we have Lithium(Li), Beryllium (Be), Boron (B) and so on.

The periodic table has over 100 elements arranged in multiple rows. However, most students do not have to memorize the entire table.

It is sufficient for them to be well versed with elements in the first two or three rows.

In  this section, we will study a wonderful technique by which we can memorize all the elements in the first three rows of the periodic table with the help of a simple and funny story

Before we begin, however, let us get acquainted with the elements in the first three rows.

Here they are:

First 18 Elements

• Hydrogen
• Helium
• Lithium
• Beryllium
• Boron
• Carbon
• Nitrogen
• Oxygen
• Fluorine
• Neon
• Sodium
• Magnesium
• Aluminium
• Silicon
• Phosphorous
• Sulphur/Sulfur
• Chlorine
• Argon

As can be seen, we have 18 elements to remember. We will now form a story with a code word on  every line. This code word will help us remember the element associated with it.

Let us have a look at this small story:

‘Once upon a time, there was a doctor named Mr.Hydrogen. One day, he went up a hill and stayed in Hotel Lithium, where he ate a lot of strawberries. Feeling bored, he took out his car and boosted the nitro speed. Unfortunately, he banged an ox walking on the road. The ox fell on the floor and hurt its knee. The doctor consoled him with a bottle of soda and gifted him a magnetic leg made of aluminium roads. The ox looked very silly. He remembered the days when he was prosperous, but he was now destined to suffer. Even cloning was not possible. To avenge his suffering, he shot the doctor with his R-gun.’

I strongly recommend that you read the story once again. Now let us analyze the story in sequence, with the name of the elements in parentheses. Here we go:

1. Once upon a time, t a doctor named Mr.Hydrogen. ( Hydrogen )
2. Went up a hill (Helium)
3. He stayed in Hotel Lithium (Lithium)
4. Where he ate  straw-berry (Beryllium)
5. But after sometime he got bored (Boron)
6. So he took out his car (Carbon)
7. and boosted the nitro speed (Nitrogen)
8. but banged an ox walking on the road (Oxygen)
9. The ox fell on the floor (Fluorine)
10. and hurt its knee (Neon)
11. The doctor gave it a bottle of soda (Sodium)
12. and gifted it a magnetic leg (Magnesium)
13. made of aluminium roads (Aluminium)
14. The ox looked very silly (Silicon)
15. He remembered the days when he was prosperous(Phosphorous)
16. but  now he was destined to suffer (Sulphur)
17. Even cloning was not possible (Chlorine)
18. To avenge his suffering, he shot the doctor with his R-gun. (Argon)

Hope you all enjoyed the story and the technique to remember the first 3 rows, you can go ahead and extend this story for the other rows too.

Make sure your story is relevant as well as funny at the same time.

Good luck, Friends.