Name: ________________________________________ Period: ___ Date: ________________________
Atom FAMILY VIDEO Project
(worth 150 points TOTAL)
My element _____________________ belongs to the ___________________ family
This Project is due __________________
PHASE 1: Individual Element Research & Report (20 points) – 1 DAY
A.) Individually research one element in your assigned family.
B.) Record your findings in the Atom Family Individual Element Checklist.
C.) Have your Atom Family Individual Element Checklist checked by a teacher or paraeducator.
PHASE 2: Cooperative Atom Family Research & Story Board Creation (20 points) – 2 DAYS
A.) Using your individual research (plus some more), you may now team up with your partner(s) to
create a Story Board for a video presentation that shows how the elements in your group are
similar and significant to humans.
B.) Show your Story Board to a teacher or paraeducator to have it approved before filming.
PHASE 3: Video Project Preparation & Completion (60 points) – 3 DAYS
A.) Following you’re the story board you prepared, film video clips which will aid in displaying the
similar properties of elements in your group.
B.) Prepare a video presentation (such as a commercial) by editing your video clips and enhancing
them with inserted audio, visual, and or text.
PHASE 4: Cooperative Product Presentation (20 points) – 1 DAY
A.) Finalize your video so that it saves as a windows media video file or quick time movie so that it can
be viewed by other students.
B.) Turn in your video to your 8th grade science teacher via DVD or other portable storage device
PHASE 5: Individual Element Research Paper (30 points) – 2 DAYS
A.) Write an informative research paper on this element & how it is similar to other elements in its family
Some Helpful Websites
www.chemicalelements.com
http://theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/#tabletop
www.webelements.com
http://periodic.lanl.gov/index.shtml
http://www.chemicool.com
http://www.ptable.com
http://periodictable.com/
You may also find some other websites helpful in completing this project.
Name: ________________________________________ Period: ___ Date: ________________________
Atom FAMILY VIDEO Project RUBRIC
PHASE 2: Cooperative Atom Family Research & Story Board (20 points)
Project Requirement
Points Scored
Points Possible
10
Story Board is completed
Story Board shows plan for demonstrating how atoms in the
same family are similar
10
PHASE 3: Cooperative Atom Family Research & Project Preparation (60 points)
Project Requirement
Points Scored
Share the name, symbol, atomic number, atomic mass, and
number of valence electrons of at least 5 elements in this family
Share a minimum of 5 properties that define the each of the
elements in this family
Share how the properties of this family & its members make
these elements useful to humans (A minimum of 2 uses for 4 of
the elements)
Share Bohr models or electron shell diagrams and pictures of at
least 4 elements in this family or compounds they are found in
Share other interesting facts or information about elements in
this family & how each is unique
Video clearly shows how the properties of the atoms in this
family are similar
Points Possible
10
10
10
10
10
10
PHASE 4: Cooperative Product Presentation (20 points)
Project Requirement
Points Scored
Structure & Organization of Video
(Title, transitions, text, video, sources cited, credits, & narration)
Stage presence (Focus & vocally clear & confident) &
participation by all group members
NAMES
Points Possible
10
10
% WORKLOAD FINAL GRADE
100
100
100
100
Name: ________________________________________ Period: ___ Date: ________________________
Atom Family Individual Element Checklist
Element Name
Element Symbol
Atomic Mass
Atomic Number
Discoverer
Date of Discovery
How Named
Room Temp State of
Matter
Melting Point
Boiling Point
1 Other Property or Fact
1 Other Property or Fact
1 Other Property or Fact
1 Other Property or Fact
1 Other Property or Fact
1 Other Property or Fact
Use of Element
Use of Element
Use of Element
Use of Element
Bohr Model or Electron
Shell Diagram
Color Picture or Drawing of
Element
FOR AN INTRO VIDEO SEE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDzvK1LTeiA&feature=related