Adopt an Element
What it’s about:
1. You will draw 2 elements out of a hat in class. These elements are now your babies.
2. You will make a Power Point Presentation introducing your elements to the class.
3. You will make a Periodic Table block for each of your elements.
4. This is an individual project.
After you receive your elements you will do research on them. Things you should include in your presentation are:
Name of element History of your element
Atomic Number Atomic Weight
What is the element named for What is it used for?
Where can you find your element Consumerism of the element
Hazards/Benefits of the elements What group is it in?
Additional information to think about:
Common compounds it makes (and their uses) Boiling point (significance?)
Who discovered it and when Melting point (significance?)
Crystal structure Magnetic properties?
Electrical properties? Electron configuration?
Appearance Possible future uses
What state are the elements most commonly found in (solid, liquid, gas)
Use your imagination. Points are given for originality (being relevant is also important)
1.) Power Point Presentation
You must have at least 10 slides:
1. Title slide with your name and your element.
2. A works cited page. Minimum of 4 works cited (at least 1 of which is a non-web source. Ex: book or article) Works can be web pages, magazine articles, books, etc. and must be from reliable sources. Wikipedia.org DOES NOT COUNT!! Wikipedia is not a reliable source.
3. Your Power Point should give most of the information you want to pass on and must be supplemented with additional information given orally. DO NOT just read your slides. You should be able to maintain eye contact with the audience, not your slides.
4. Presentations will be graded on the attached rubric.
5. Must include at least 4 PowerPoint effects.
6. Must include a data table or graph (examples: % abundance on Earth or in the universe, mining this element makes up __% of all mining in the US, etc.)
7. Must include pictures and visual examples.
2.) Create (and decorate) a square of the periodic table for each of your elements.
Your square can contain whatever information you thinks is important to have. Think about what kind of information you find useful that periodic tables don’t normally have. The information you include in your square must be easy to read and indicate the element. The squares will be graded using the attached rubric. Squares must be original creations (drawings, computer made pictures, etc. No cutting and pasting pictures from other sources. It must contain 100% original work. If it doesn’t, you will receive a 0 for this part of the project.) and they must be in color. Standard notebook paper size (11” x 8.5”) no more, no less. 3D is ok, but length and height must be 11x8.5
Example Points Rubric for Adopt an Element
Power Point Presentation / Total ValueOpening slide with title (original, creative, attention grabbing) / 5
Minimum 8 slides (original, creative, attention grabbing, informative) / 10
Used variety of Power Point features (transitions, graphics, videos, etc.) / 10
Works cited page (minimum 5 sources, 1 of which is non-web based) / 5
Text is well written, informative, correct, appropriate and flows easily / 5
Presentation is visually attractive (slides creative but not distracting) / 5
Oral presentation (prepared, correct pronunciation, professionalism, etc.) / 10
Total / 50
Periodic Table Square (5 points each, graded on a 5 point scale)
Attractive
Colorful
Easy to read
Useful information
Can name element at a glance
Originality(hand made, not cut and paste from a book or printed from the internet)
Contains: name, symbol, atomic number, and atomic mass
Contains other useful information (exp. valence e-, oxidation states, etc)
Effort (did you put time and effort into project)
Did you do all the elements assigned
IMPORTANT!!
This project is due starting the week of April 4. There won’t be an order to presentations; first come, first served. Do not plan on waiting until the last day to present. We will have presentations all period each day until we are done. If there is no one who wants to go and there is still time in class, we will move on to the next topic and all presentations that haven’t been given by the end of the week will be late. Things to consider: Example: we have 6 presentations on Thursday but no one else wants to go and there is still time in class. We will move on to other work and anyone who hasn’t presented is now late. Example: you are here on Monday and Tuesday and plan on presenting on Thursday or Friday but are absent those days, then you will be marked late and lose points.