My Periodic Table
A DaVinci Science Project
Duration: 2-3 Weeks
Project Goal:
Students will create a periodic table out of items that are interesting to them. The table
will include families, periodicity, and at least two (2) more trends.
Deliverables:
Periodic Table
Periodic Table Key
Write up of Periodic Table
1 minute video presentation
Examples
(thank you Foot Locker)
Checklist
Materials:
__ Design is left up to team
__ 3D Objects
or
__ Photoshopped pictures
Must Include:
Families with similar characteristics__
Periodicity (characteristics must change as you go down the family)__
The key must explain the families and their characteristics__
Creative design & background__
Video presentation that relates to topic of periodic table__
Approved MAP__
Presentation
1 minute video recording of your explanation of your periodic table
Wants
Don’t Want
BAM (Beautiful, Accurate, Measurable)
CCC (Creative, Complex, Collaborative)
Arranged/Organized
Easily can tell patterns
4+ trends (flow)
Readability
2+ of the 5 senses
To be plain
Too small/big
Sloppy
Random
Garbãge
Innaccuracy
Dangerous
Standards Covered: Chem 1a – 1e
Project Rubric
Families
Periods
Key
Creativity
5
4
3
Unsatisfactory
□ All family relations make
sense
□ “Hydrogen” entry
definitely different than
other elements
□ 30 all related entries
□ Appropriately
coordinated families
(Make sense from left to
right)
□ Most family relations
make sense
□ “Hydrogen” entry
mostly different than
other elements
□ Families not related,
family members each
different
□ 30 mostly related
entries
□ Most families make
sense from left to
right
□ Most Period trends
make sense
□ Most Periods make
sense and show
growth or decline
□ Mostly accurate
□ Attempt at 8 different
families
□ “Hydrogen” entry
vaguely different than
other elements
□ Less than 30 entries
□ Half of entries are
related
□ Only a few of the
families make sense
coordinated from left
to right
□ Less than 8 families
□ “Hydrogen” entry
is not different
than other
elements
□ Less than 30
entries
□ 30 related entries
□ No coordination
from family to
family (from left to
right)
□ A few period trends
make sense
□ A few periods do
show growth or
decline
□ Somewhat accurate
□ No period trends
make sense
□ No period trends
show growth or
decline
□ Inaccurate
□ Key with clear
description of each
family
□ Key designating family
name but no
description
□ Key, makes no sense
□ No key
□ Pictures, drawings,
designs by student,
effort is evident
□ Shows total
collaboration between
partners
□ No pictures, just
descriptive words,
neatly done, effort
there
□ Some collaboration
between partners
□ Poorly done, little
effort put forth
□ Little collaboration
between partners
□ Plain
□ Inaccurate
□ No collaboration
between partners
□ Periods are all related,
□ All Periods make sense
and do growth or decline
□ Accurate
Video Rubric
5
Families
□ Video presentation fully
related to the topic
□ Actors present material
well
□ Within 1 min 20 sec time
limit
□ Lines memorized
□ Fully connects PT trends
and explains them
informatively
Standards Covered: Chem 1a – 1e
4
□ Video presentation
incorporates some of
the topic
□ Actors show they
know some of the
material
□ Within 1 min 20 sec
time limit
□ Lines memorized
□ Connects to the PT
trends
3
Unsatisfactory
□ Attempts to be
creative
□ Actors show vague
knowledge of
material
□ Over the 1 min 20
sec time limit
□ Lines memorized
□ Includes some of the
PT trends
□ Uncreative
□ Actors do not know
material
□ Less than 50
seconds long
□ Lines not
memorized
□ Does not include
PT trends