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Organization of the Periodic Table
Elements: A Family Portrait
Due Date: May 14, 2004 (and
no later!)
As part of our study of chemical
building blocks, you are being assigned a Science/English research project on an
element and its family. Specific science information that must be
covered is listed below. Failure to include all of this information
will impact your grade. All writing must follow Mrs. Zakas' Rules of
Writing. English grades will reflect proper grammar usage, sentence
structure, and clarity of the subject matter.
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All projects must be typed.
No expceptions will be made in this regard.
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Use font fourteen and double-space
your information.
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All projects must include a works
cited page, entitled Works Cited and include three resources, only one
which may be a general encyclopedia. Projects without a works cits page
will not be accepted. Mrs. Smoller will present a lesson on using the
Noodlebib Online Bibliography Maker during all Science classes on April 29,
2004. If you are absent, it is your responsibility to see Mrs. Smoller or a
classmate to review information missed. Use Noodlebib for the development
of the Works Cited page.
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All rules of writing apply.
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The cover must provide the name of
the element ad its family, your name, Science and block, English and block.
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The cover of your report should be
colorful and creatively designed to attract our attention.
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Products that are pleasing to the
eye encourage the reader to desire more information.
As you research and describe your
element be sure to include the following information:
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Atomic Number
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Atomic Mass
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Family Name
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Family Number
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Characteristics of the family your
element belongs to
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Solid, Liquid or Gas
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Metal, Nonmetal, Metalloid
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Natural or Manmade
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Historical background: Year
discovered, by whome and where
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Radioactive or Stable
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Uses
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Include a picture of your element
or a product made from it Do not drawn this picture and do not
handwite anywhere on your project. Type all informati8on.
Caution! Your project must
not read like a shopping list. You are being asked to tell a story of the
history, characteristics and uses of your element. Make it interesting.
We do not want to fall asleep while reading it! Absolutely no projects will
be accepted after the due date.
FCAs
1. Organization
2. Following directions
3. Proper set up of the Works Cited page. |
Helpful Websites:
Lenntech Periodic Table
Each chemical element contains a link to a page that
explains its chemical properties, health effects, environmental effects,
application data, and image and also information of the history/inventor of each
element.
Thank you to
Manon Guichelaar, Lenntech - a spin-off of the
Technical University of Delft, the Netherlands Visual
Periodic Table
This site takes awhile to
load but offers visual representations of elements.
Chem4Kids
Periodic Table
Recommended by your Prentice
Hall textbook.
Altavista
Select Images and search
by name of element.
Altavista has the best digital
Image collection.
Web Elements
Noodlebib 4.0
Offline Resources from the Cullen Library
CD-ROM
Elements. Version 1.0. [Bethesda, Md.] : Discovery Channel School,
c1999. Trace the evolution of chemistry from the Greeks to today. Video
adventures include Introducing Elements, Space Shuttle, Fireworks, Sparkling
Elements, and Light Fantastic.
CD-ROM
World Book
Encyclopedia 2001
R 540 CHA
Challoner, Jack. The visual dictionary of chemistry. 1st
American ed. New York : DK Pub., 1996. Text and illustrations present the
fundamentals of chemistry, including such topics as atomic bonds, catalysts,
chemical reactions, and various elements.
R 546 E
Emsley, John. The elements. 3rd ed. Oxford : New York : Clarendon
Press ; Oxford University Press, 1998. Reference book containing the most
important facts about all the chemical elements arranged in alphabetical order.
R 546 H
Heiserman, David L., 1940-. Exploring chemical elements and their
compounds. New York : Tab Books, c1992. An introduction to the 107 chemical
elements, with a comprehensive summary of each element's properties and
characteristics, compounds and isotopes, and historical background.
R 546 K
Knapp, Brian. ChemLab. Grolier Educational Corp. : 1998.
R 546 N Newton,
David E. Chemical elements : from carbon to krypton. Detroit : UXL,
c1999. v. 1. A-F -- v. 2. G-O -- v. 3. P-Z. Presents current
and accurate information on chemical elements, including how each was discovered
and by whom, its practical role in everyday life, who or what it is named after,
and more.
R 546.8 S
Stwertka, Albert. A guide to the elements. Rev. ed. New York :
Oxford University Press, c1998. Explains some of the basic concepts of
chemistry, traces the history and development of the periodic table of elements,
and features articles that discuss the properties and applications of each of
the 112 elements.
R 546.8 S Stwertka, Albert.
A guide to the elements. 2nd ed. New York : Oxford University Press, c2002.
Presents the basic concepts of chemistry and explains complex
theories before offering a separate article on each of the building blocks that
make up the universe.
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