Element Baby Book
This project idea was inspired by Lisa Curry’s “Adopt an Element Baby Book project”(http://sciencespot.net/Pages/classchem.html#Anchor4). I have adapted her original project and tailored it to the 9th grade Integrated Coordinated Science Curriculum.
For this project a group of students (maximum of 3) will adopt an element from the periodic table. I will randomly choose from elements with the atomic numbers 1-35 and assign to the groups. As a proud parent of their element, groups will research information on their adopted element to create a baby book documenting each stage of their elements life.
Element Baby Book Format
_____Cover page – 1 point
Name of element and your name
Decorative cover
_____Page 1 -- This should be written in paragraph form. – 5 points
Name of element (Give your element a first name)
Nickname of element (Symbol)
Birth date (date element was discovered)
Birth weight (atomic mass)
Birth height (atomic number)
Race (type of element)
Attending physician (Discoverer)
Gender (state of matter at room temperature)
Place of birth (country of discovery)
Personality (emotions: boiling point and melting point)
_____Page 2 – 1 point
Fill out birth certificate and have parents sign
_____Page 3 – 2 point
Picture of element
# of protons is body
# of neutrons is legs
# of electrons is arm
Atomic number is head
_____Page 4 – 2 point
Poem about element
_____Page 5 – Draw a picture of all family members like on page 4. – 3 points
Family Name (family or group)
Address (period + discoverer’s last name + drive, lane, circle, court, road, or way)
Brothers and Sisters (Names of family members)
_____Page 6 – 2 point
Picture of element (Bohr model)
_____Page 7 – 2 point
Paragraph about the elements friends (tell about the bonding that this element likes to make and what happens to its electrons)
_____Page 8 – 2 point
Career of element (what your element will become when grows up)
Picture of career
Group Member Names ______
Element ______
Element Baby Book
Fact Sheet
Classification (circle one): Nonmetal Metal Metalloid
My element belongs to the ______family.
Three Interesting things about my family are:
1.______
2.______
3.______
Origin of Name ______
Discovered by ______
Discovered in ______
Interesting Info: May include important uses, interesting facts, common compounds, etc.
**This should not include any information that appears in other places on this project.
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Symbol Atomic Number Atomic Mass
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# of Protons # of Neutrons # of Electrons
______
Melting Point Boiling Point Normal Phase
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Bonding:
1. What type of bond do I normally form? ______
2. Explain what my electrons do when I form a chemical bond. ______
3. Give an example of a balance reaction that I am involved in for a common substance.
Group Member Names ______Element______
Project Rubric (This should be attached to your project when you turn it in.)
• Provided basic information ...... + 10 ______
(All items worth 1 points each)
Name Symbol Atomic # Atomic Mass Boiling Point
Protons Neutrons Electrons Melting Point Normal Phase
• Other information ...... + 8 ______
Nonmetal/Metal/Metalloid (1 point)
Family Name (1 point)
3 Facts about Family (2 points)
Origin of Name (1 point)
Discovery By (0.5 point)
Discovery Date (0.5 point)
6 Interesting Information/Uses (2 points)
• Bonding………………………………………..+4 ______
Type of bond (1 point)
What electrons do in bond (1 point)
Example Reaction (balanced) (2 points)
* References ...... +3 ______
Minimum of 3 (2 points)
provided required information (0.5 point)
correct format (0.5 points)
• Miscellaneous ...... + 5 ______
Typed or Black ink (1 point)
Complete sentences (1 point)
Correct spelling (1 point)
Correct grammar (1 point)
Neat (1 point)
* Element Baby Book…………………………….+ 20______
See Format Sheet
Total Points = ______out of 50 = ______%
A B C D F
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