Adopt An Element
Requirements:
1) Complete an Adopt An Element information sheet. (60% of grade)
You may use a variety of reference sources. Possible ideas are encyclopedias, science
encyclopedias, science catalogs, magazines, and/or Internet sites. Information sheets must be
neat, written in blue or black ink, and contain all of the information required. You also need to
provide a list of your sources on the back of your information sheet. A minimum of two
sources are required.
2) Create an advertisement for your element. (40% of grade)
The advertisement must include the element’s name, symbol, atomic number, atomic
mass, cost, and an advertising slogan that describes one or more of its important uses.
Advertisements must be neat, colorful, contain all the information listed above, and done on a
5x8 index card. You may add pictures that relate to your advertisement theme. Elements
whose normal phase is solid should be written in black, gasses in blue, and liquids in green.
Example:
Be sure to include:
 Element’s symbol
 Element’s name
 Atomic mass
 Atomic number
 Appropriate color
 Ad slogan
 Cost
 Your Name
You may add drawings or pictures
that illustrate the various uses
for your element.
Your ad must follow the same
format as this example!
33
As
Atomic
Number
Symbol &
Name
Arsenic
74.9
Arsenic’s a sure fire way to deal
with a nasty rat, It works better
than a mean old cat!
Cost = $3.20 for 1 gram
Miss Shanahan
Atomic Mass
Slogan
Cost
Name
A list of periodic table web sites are available at sciencespot.net.
Go to Kid Zone, then choose Chemistry Links.
Start with www.chemicool.com
www.periodic.lanl.gov/default.htm
Adopt An Element
Name: _________________________________
Fact Sheet
Element: _________________________
Symbol
_______________
Atomic Number
Atomic Mass
_______________
_______________
Atomic Volume
Color
_______________
_______________
_______________
Melting Point
Boiling Point
Normal Phase
_____________oC
_____________ oC
_____________ oC
Density
Cost = _______________for _______________
Classification: _____ Nonmetal
_____ Metal
_____Metalloid
My element belongs to the ______________________________ family.
Origin of name ____________________________________________________________
Discovered by _____________________________________________ in _______________
Interesting Info (may include important uses, interesting facts, common compounds, etc.
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Adopt An Element
Name: ___________________________
Grade Sheet
Advertisement = 24 points (40%)
 Provided Basic Information…………………………+12 ______________
____ Atomic #
____ Symbol
____ Cost
____Atomic Mass
____ Name
____ Student’s Name
 Slogan and pictures relevant ……………………….+7 ______________
 Correct color for normal phase……………………..+3 ______________
Black for solids, blue for gasses, green for liquids
 Followed directions…………………………………..+2 ______________
Neat, correct spelling/format, on 5x8 index card, original, etc.
Information Sheet = 36 points (60%)
 Provided basic information………………………….+ 10 ______________
____ Name
____ Symbol
____ Atomic #
____ Atomic Mass
____ Density
____ Atomic Volume
____ Color
____ Melting Point
____ Boiling Point
____ Normal Phase
 Other information……………………………………+11 ______________
____ Cost
____ Metal/Non metal/Metalloid
____ Family
____ Origin of Name
____ Discovered by
____ Discovery date
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ Interesting Information
 References…………………………………………….+6
____ Reference 1
______________
____ Reference 2
 Miscellaneous…………………………………………+9
______________
Blue or black ink, complete sentences, correct spelling, neat, etc.
Total Points = _______________out of 60 = __________________ %