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Element Project

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Elements Project• To help you learn more about a particular

element and familiarize yourself with the Periodic Table of the Elements, you will be assigned one element and research it. We will do all the research during science classes by using the computer labs. You will have to do the art work at home. Each student will research a different element. The work is due on, or by,

• Wednesday March 19

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Materials• You may use paints, markers, cut

paper, stencils, downloaded pictures, word processed writing, whatever you want in putting the information on your card. Make sure you are neat!

• You need a 1 foot X 1 foot card NO SMALLER (bigger optional)

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Make use of the following sources to help you

· Periodic Table of the Elements in the back of your agenda.· An encyclopedia.· books that contain information on the elements.

•http://periodictable.com/

•http://www.ptable.com/

•http://www.chem4kids.com/files/elem_intro.html

•http://www.chemicalelements.com/

•http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/

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On the front side of the card1. centered at the top, put the name of your element.2. In the center of the card, in big letters, put the chemical

symbol. 3. Then place the following information anywhere else on

the front of the card:· Atomic number _________· Atomic mass _________· State of matter _________· Metal, Metalloid, or Nonmetal ____________

4. · Number of protons, electrons, and neutrons ____________· Density _________· Color _________

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On the back of the card• Date of discovery

· Discoverer· Natural or synthetic (man made)· Origin of name· Obtained from· Uses· Other interesting facts about the element· Picture/drawing of the element

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