Extra Credit Projects(2% maximum) - 1st Marking Period

Chapters 1 & 2: Measurements, Atomic Structure & The Periodic Table

Due Date: Wednesday November 2, 2014

You may do any combination of reports, with a maximum of 2% extra credit added to your marking period grade. The percentage given is the MAXIMUM that will be granted per project. You are not guaranteed the full credit if the report or poster is poorly done.

1.0% for an “informative” poster DUE by 3:00 PM

1% for a 400+ word report based on one of the prompts below. –EMAIL BY 11:59 PM – NO HARDCOPIES

2% for a 1000+ word report based on one of the prompts below. –EMAIL BY 11:59 PM – NO HARDCOPIES

DO NOT turn in hardcopies of reports My email is

Posters

I’m going to be very stingy with extra credit on posters… they must be VERY well done or you will get little to no extra credit.

1. If you would like to do an element poster for extra credit, give Mr. Outland a slip of paper with your name on it to participate in a lottery for the few remaining elements. Only participate in the lottery if you plan on making the poster! Students reserving an element without completing a poster will not be eligible for extra credit for the 2nd marking period. (This “suspension” is lifted for 3rd and 4th MP)

2. “Informative” Poster: Make a FULL SIZED(~ 56 x71 cm) poster that clearly, neatly and colorfully illustrates an important principle learned this marking period. Any text must be able to be easily read from the back row of desks. If you choose to duplicate a poster that is already up in my room, that’s OK as long it is substantially better than the existing one. If not, you will not receive the full 1% for that poster.

Written Reports

If you choose the “Report” option, then write a report (or two) based on the prompts below. But first, a word from our sponsor:

Report Criteria:

  1. All information that is not “common knowledge” must be cited… “style” is not important as long as I know where each piece of information in your report originated.
  2. Do not simply copy large sections of information directly from sources... that is plagiarism, even if you cite it. You must paraphrase all information, other than the RARE case when a short direct quote is appropriate.
  3. Email your reports to by 11:59 PM on the due date… no hardcopies.
  4. Please include an active link in your Works Cited page to any website referenced. This makes it very easy for me to check to make sure that you paraphrased and did not “copy and paste” your report.
  5. Anyone submitting reports with a lot of “cutting and pasting” and/or no “Works Cited” page will receive zero extra credit for the report, and will not be eligible for extra credit next marking period.

1. Research and report on the work of scientists to develop our current model of the atom. You must include the contribution that each scientist made to the process. At minimum, you need to include information about John Dalton, J.J. Thomson, and Earnest Rutherford (with a lot of detail about his “Gold Foil” experiment).

2. Read the “Chemistry in Action: Atoms and Light” section of your text on page 66. Choose a concept or two from the reading to research from sources other than your textbook. Write a summary of your research.Make sure you clearly connect your findings to the page 66 reading.

3. New elements are being synthesized every year. Report on the process involved in “creating” these elements. Give several specific examples, especially of the more recently created elements. Comment on why these elements are being made... what use could they be. Report on some of the properties of these elements.