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Per. 1
You are going to make an atomic box for our classroom periodic table. Each box will
be 7 x 7 inches with a border. Each box should include this information:
o Atomic number (1 tall bright! )
o Atomic Symbol (2 tall bright!)
o Element Name (bold!)
o Melting point (C)
Fun fact
Uses
A. Your Atomic box must have a border (no bigger than the background).
B. Your work must be neat and accurate!!!!! Your picture(s) must be hand
drawn of something made from your element. It should POP!
C. Your fun fact should be interesting and relevant, not some boring detail.
D. Make rough draft on back. Then I will give you colored paper according to
your elements atomic number. This is the background for your atomic box.
E. IMPORTANT!!!!! Use color! not Pencil! Consider gluing on
information. Type if handwriting is bad. But must be nicely glued on. Your
element should STAND out, not fade into the background!
F. You will make a short presentation of your element & box in class (5 pts).
1. Use the pages I provided you from The Elements by Albert Swertka and these websites:
http://ed.ted.com/periodic-videos
http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/index.html
http://www.webelements.com/
http://periodic.lanl.gov/default.htm
http://www.lenntech.com/Periodic-chart.htm
http://www.chemicalelements.com/
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chemistry-the-elements-revealed-interactiveperiodic-table/
Name:
____________________________
Science
Date: _________________
Period: ____
4. Uses find as many things that you can that your element is used for: which one
will you list on your box and which ones will you make a drawing of for your
element?
Jewelry, medicine, water treatment, oil refining, Dental fillings, catalytic converters
for cars, and electronics such as TVs.
5. Fun Facts about your element
Palladium can absorb up to 900 times its own volume of hydrogen - the most
common element in the universe.
Palladium was first used in jewelry in 1939.
Palladium is 30x rarer than Gold.
Palladium is similar to that of gold. It can be hammered into sheets no more than
about a millionth of a centimeter thick.
Name:
____________________________
Science
Date: _________________
Period: ____