Element Autobiography Project

Element Autobiography Project

*For this project you will pick an element to research. After you research the required information about your element, you will create a presentation to communicate the information. You need to pretend you “are” the element and communicate the information from that perspective.

Project Presentation Choices:

-Write a Story
-Make a Poster or Brochure
-Create a Board Game
-Write a Song, Poem, or Rap
-Make a video
-Perform a skit
-Create a Comic Strip story
-Make powerpoint
-Create a Scrapbook
-any other presentation method that meets all criteria

Element Information Required for Project:
1. Element Name
2. Origin of Name (why was named name, what name means, language origin)
3. Discovery (who discovered, when discovered, how discovered)
4. Element Classification
-periodic table family
-metal, metalloid, non-metal, man-made, etc.
5. Phase at Room Temperature (gas, liquid, solid)
6. TwoPhysical properties (color, odor, texture, hardness, melting and boiling pts, etc.)
7. Two Chemical properties (reactivity, flammability, etc.)
8. Places element is found on Earth or universe
9. Is element naturally found by itself or in a compound?
-If found in a compound, which compound is most common?
10. Methods for element harvesting and/or purification for use
11. Environmental and/or Health effects of element or element use
12. Uses for Element
13. Common reactions the element is involved in
14. 2-3 different interesting facts about element

Websites for Research:

Works Cited Information:

-Each project will need to provide a complete works cited page.

If you are doing a powerpoint presentation or video, this the works cited information can be included at the end of the show.
If you are doing a paper, a work cited page should be included at the end.
If you are doing a poster, brochure, etc., a works cited page should be printed out and handed to me with your project.

-Here are some helpful websites. You need to cite your sources using MLA format. All pictures, charts, and information should be cited.

Name:______

Element Autobiography Project Research:

1. Element Name:______
2. Origin of Name (why was named name, what name means, language origin)
3. Discovery (who discovered, when discovered, how discovered)
4. Element Classification
-periodic table family:______
-metal, metalloid, non-metal, man-made, etc.______

5. Phase at Room Temperature (gas, liquid, solid)

6. Two Physical properties (color, odor, texture, hardness, melting and boiling pts, etc.)

7. Two Chemical properties (reactivity, flammability, etc.)

8. Places element is found on Earth or universe

9. Is element naturally found by itself or in a compound?

-If found in a compound, which compound is most common?

10. Methods for element harvesting and/or purification for use

11. Environmental and/or Health effects of element or element use

12. Uses for Element

13. Common reactions the element is involved in

14. 2-3 different interesting facts about element