Element baby book

NAME ________________________ Due Date:________________

ELEMENT BABY BOOK

In this project, you will adopt an element from the periodic table. We will assign you an element to adopt. As a proud parent of your element, you will create a baby book to remember each stage of your element’s life. Use the following rubric to help you construct you baby book.

Cover page –

Name of element, your name, and a decorative color

Page 1 – 20 points

Name of your element 2 points ________

Nickname of element (Symbol) 2 points ________

Birth date (date element was discovered) 2 points ________

Birth weight (atomic mass) 2 points ________

Birth height ( atomic number) 2 points ________

Race ( type of element) 2 points ________

Attending physician (Discoverer) 2 points ________

Gender (state of matter at room temperature) 2 points ________

Place of birth (country of discovery) 2 points ________

Personality (emotion : boiling point and melting point) 2 points _______

TOTAL 20 Points __________

Page 2 –20 Points

Pronunciation rebus 5 points _________

Poem about element 15 points _________

TOTAL 20 points ___________

Page 3 – 20 Points

Picture of your element at work 10 points _________

Career of your element(uses) 10 points _________

TOTAL 20 points _____________

Page 4 – 20 Points

Family name (family or group) 5 points ________

Address ( period + discoverer’s last name + drive lane or circle, etc.)

5 points ________

Brothers and sisters (Names of other family-group members)

5 points ________

Physical description(properties) 5 points _________

Malleable, ductile, etc. TOTAL 20 points____________

Page 5 – 20 points

Picture of element(Bohr’s model) 20 points _________

This is the electrons, protons, and neutrons

TOTAL 100 POINTS ____________________________

Name:_________________________ DUE DATE:_____________________ OPTION YOU CHOSE: A or B

Elemental Heroes

You have a great new job – designing comic books! Finally no one will yell at you for reading them instead of your science book!!! But the problem is you need to come up with a new superhero to replace those tired ones Marvel has been printing. What to do!

The Quest

You will research the physical and chemical properties of one element from the periodic table and design a superhero to represent it. The superhero should have powers that demonstrates the physical and chemical properties of the element. You will create a superhero on a poster with all the physical properties listed. On the back of this rubric there is a form to fill out with the information about your element you have chosen. You will place all of the information on a poster OR EXTRAnormal video advertising your superhero.
OPTION A:

RUBRIC OF POSTER

Name of superhero (5 points) ___________

Drawing of superhero & Costume matches element (10 points) __________

Description of element- (name, symbol, atomic number,

atomic mass, # of protons, neutrons, and electrons,

Bohr’s model) (20 points)

Uses of element (20 points) ____________

Physical properties of element (20 points) ____________

(boiling/melting point, malleable, ductile

State of matter at room temp., conductor/

insulator, etc.)

Research (discoverer, history, interesting facts) (25 points) ____________

TOTAL (100 Points) __________
OPTION B:

RUBRIC OF VIDEO (Extranormal, etc.)
Name of superhero (5 points) ___________

Character of superhero & costume matches element (10 points) __________

Character describes element- (name, symbol, atomic number,

atomic mass, # of protons, neutrons, and electrons,

Bohr’s model) (20 points)_____________

Character describes uses of element (20 points) ____________

Physical properties of element (20 points) ____________

(boiling/melting point, malleable, ductile

State of matter at room temp., conductor/

insulator, etc.)

Research (discoverer, history, interesting facts) (25 points) ____________
TOTAL (100 Points) __________