Name: _________________________                            Period: ____________
                            Element of the Periodic Table research project
                                        My project is due:
      This project is worth 2 grades:  one Formative for your research handout, and one Summative
                                        for your final project.
         ● Complete the research on your element; the following websites may be helpful to you
               o http://www.ducksters.com/science/periodic_table.php
               o http://www.ptable.com
               o http://www.rsc.org/periodic-table
         1. My element name is:    ____________________________________________________________
         2. My element is a metal, nonmetal, metalloid: ________________________________________
         3. Physical description of my element is:________________________________________________
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         4. At room temperature, my element is a (what state of matter?): ______________________
         5. How did your element get its name? ________________________________________________
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         6. In what year was your element discovered? _________________________________________
         7. Who discovered your element? _____________________________________________________
         8. Where is your element found on Earth?
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         9. List at least 2 common uses of your element?
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         10.List at least 2 bizarre facts about your element.  You may not list any of the above
            information.  These should be facts that most people don’t know!!
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         11. What does luster mean? ___________________________________________________________
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      Name: _________________________                              Period: ____________
         12. What is the luster of my element? __________________________________________________
         13. What does brittleness mean? ______________________________________________________
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         14. Is my element brittle? ______________________________________________________________
         15. What does conductivity mean? ____________________________________________________
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         16. What does insulator mean? ________________________________________________________
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         17. Is my element conductive? ________________________________________________________
         18. What does malleability mean? _____________________________________________________
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         19. What does ductile mean? _________________________________________________________
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         20. Is my element malleable? __________________________________________________________
            Research complete?  Get your teacher’s signature      ______________________________
        Name: _________________________                                                   Period: ____________
                                        Rubric for an Element of the Periodic Table
         Criteria                       Does not approach              Approaches Standard            Meets Standards
                                        standard
         I know that an element is      I did not represent my         I was incomplete in            I clearly represented
         a pure substance               chemical symbol, atomic        representing my chemical       my chemical symbol,
         represented by chemical        number, and chemical           symbol, atomic number,         atomic number,
         symbols, atomic                name.                          and chemical name.             chemical name, and
         number, and chemical                                                                         demonstrate where
         name.                                                                                        my element falls on
         6.5A                                                                                         the periodic table..
                                        5 points                       6-7 points                     10 points
         I can explain physical         Physical descriptions are      Oneaccurate physical           Twoaccurate
         properties of an element       incorrect or missing.          descriptions.                  physical descriptions.
         based on their physical
         descriptions.
         6.6                            10 points                      11-15 points                   20 points
         I can explain metals,          Luster explanation and         I can explain luster or        I can clearly and
         nonmetals, and metalloids      identity incorrect or          identify the luster of my      accurately explain
         based off of luster.           missing.                       element.                       luster and identify the
         6.6 A                                                                                        luster of my element.
                                        10 points                      11-15 points
                                                                                                      20 points
         I can explain metals,          Conductivity explanation       I can explain conductivity     I can clearly and
         nonmetals, and metalloids      and identity incorrect or      or identify the conductivity   accurately explain
         based off of conductivity.     missing.                       of my element.                 conductivity and
         6.6A                                                                                         identify the
                                                                                                      conductivity of my
                                                                                                      element.
                                        10 points                      11-15 points                   20 points
         I can explain metals,          Malleability explanation       I can explain malleability     I can explain
         nonmetals, and metalloids      and identity incorrect or      or identify the malleability   malleability and
         based off of malleability.     missing.                       of my element.                 identify the
         6.6A                                                                                         malleability of my
                                                                                                      element.
                                        10 points                      11-15 points                   20 points
         I can explain and identify     Density explanation and        I can explain density or       I can explain density
         the density of my              identity incorrect or          identify the density of my     andidentify the
         element.                       missing.                       element.                       density of my
         6.6B                                                                                         element.
                                        5 points                       6-7 points                     10 points