Personal element poster: Due on Monday September 26th

Assignment: Create an element and design your own square on the periodic table! Decorate the front of your poster to match the name of your element. Make the size of this poster half the size of this piece of paper. The front of your poster should be full of color, pictures and other objects that express your personality.

FRONT OF YOUR PERSONAL ELEMENT POSTER:

(Insert Number)

Any number that is significant to you

This is where the atomic number is found which indicates the number of protons in the element

(Insert Symbol)

A 1-3 letter abbreviation of the name of your element

This is where the symbol of the element is found

(Insert number)

Another number that is significant to you, larger than the first number you picked

This is where the atomic mass is found which indicates the average number of protons and neutrons in the element. Sometimes the same element can have a different amount of neutrons.

(Chemical name)

A name ending in ‘ium’

A lot of elements have names that end in ‘ium’

BACK OF YOUR PERSONAL ELEMENT POSTER

Full name (Write your full name)

Oxidation number (What is your address?)

Electron configuration (Who are members of your family?)

Radioactivity (When and where were you born?)

Boiling point (What really annoys you?)

Melting point (What do you absolutely love to do?)

State of matter (Describe a typical day for you. What is your general disposition or personality?)

Electronegativity (What are some qualities/characteristics you possess?)

Charge (What activities or sports do you participate in or plan on joining?)

Specific heat capacity (What do you like to eat?)

Crystal structure (How do you learn best?)

Ionization potential (Where do you see yourself in a year? In three years? After college?)

Isotopes (What other classes do you like? What other schools have you attended? What was your favorite part or activities in your other sciences and math classes?)

Standard entropy (What do you expect to learn in this class? What would you like to learn about chemistry?)

EXAMPLE:

FRONT BACK: Titles and answers

Front- Entirely decorated. Colorful. Followed all given instructions. / /15
Back- All answers completed. / /25
Neatness, Creativity and Paper size / /10
TOTAL / /50

Personal Element Rubric