Project – Element Superhero Name: ___________________ Date: ____________________ Science 9 Your Task Your task is to assume the role of a publicist. Your newest client is an unknown superhero that has just recently been discovered. Through a freak industrial accident, your client was exposed to an excessive and dangerous amount of a known elemental substance. This overexposure has left your client with some absolutely amazing superpowers. As a publicist, you must design a poster that will be used to create a positive public image of your client. You must describe your superhero client and his/her properties and characteristics. Be as creative as you can, but make sure that your poster has all the important information required to describe the information below. Poster Format You may choose to produce your poster using one of the following accepted formats. Paper (Hand Drawn Poster) Computer (Microsoft Publisher or other design software) Online (Toondoo) Information that you must include on your poster: Criteria Fill in or use a tick mark to indicate this is complete Creative well designed image Creative and related name Slogan (related to a characteristic of your element) Element symbol Atomic number Atomic mass Group/family name or number Period number A variety of uses of the element Super Powers “ ” (What will the superhero be able to do with these uses?) Background information Who discovered the element? When was it discovered? Latin name Any other interesting features – Bohr model (including # of protons, neutrons, and electrons) Physical properties Density – Melting point – Boiling point – State at room temperature (20°C) - Where to find information: 1. There are numerous books available in the library (546s) 2. Online databases (see DK Library website) 3. Some Internet sources you can use are: www.webelements.com www.chemicalelements.com/ www.chemsoc.org/viselements/ - once you get to this site, hit periodic table. The flash version will give you more pictures, html version more specific information http://www.rsc.org/chemsoc/visualelements/pages/pertable_j.htm http://www.periodicvideos.com/ http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/home http://education.jlab.org/
