Adopt-an-elementProject2011

							                          Adopt an Element Project!
                             Mr. Lepak’s Class

Hello and Welcome to the Adopt-an- Element agency. Congratulations on adopting your 2 new
elements! Now that you have new elements to take care of, you should probably get to know
them better! Find some information about your elements, then choose 1 element and create a
visual display to show everyone what your element is all about!

      To find your information:
      a) Use the Internet links from my website:

                          http://www.windsorct.org/sagelepak/
      b) You can also use any of the books that are located in my room.


       Your project will be graded based on the following 3 requirements:
      1) Complete your Adopt-an-Element Worksheet for BOTH elements.
                 (30% of your grade)

                  (PART 1 IS DUE Wednesday, October 19st )
     2) Choose 1 of those elements and create a visual display to show the class all of the
      1) wonderful things you’ve learned about your new element! Don’t forget to include a
      2) catchy slogan! (50% of your grade) Ideas you can make:
      3) 1.    Poster board display of your element
         2.    Advertisement for your element, as if you were trying to sell it.
      4) 3.    Make a poem or rap about your element
      5) 4.    Draw colorful pictures showing where you can find your element!
         5.    NO Powerpoints, please.
      6)                   Each visual display needs a slogan!!
       For example: “Arsenic’s A sure fire wAy to deAl
      7)
      with a nasty rat, it works better than a mean
      8)
                         old cAt!”
      9)            (PART 2 IS DUE Tuesday, October 25th )
      10)
      3) Once you have completed a visual display, you will be required to stand
         up in front of your class and give a 2-minute speech about what you have
         learned! (20% of your grade)
         (PART 3 will take place on Tuesday, October 25th and
                      Wednesday October 26th )

                                     BE CREATIVE!
             For your Adopt an Element Project, use these websites:

1) Chemistry for kids www.chem4kids.com

Start here to get some info on your element

2) Chemicool Periodic Table http://www.chemicool.com/

This is where you can find the cost, state of matter, and family

3) LennTech Periodic Table http://www.lenntech.com/periodic-chart.htm

Look here for:” Is my element a metal, a non-metal, a metalloid (semi-conductor)or a gas?"

4) Chemical Elements

http://www.chemicalelements.com/

This is where you can find the boiling and melting point.

5) Environmental Chemistry http://environmentalchemistry.com/yogi/periodic/

This is where you can find origin of name, the Bohr diagram, uses of that element, and more.

6) Ptable www.ptable.com

General interesting facts

7) World Book Online http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Home

Interesting Facts

8) Other Periodic Table Links and Websites