Atomic Box Project (30 pts) due _________ Name______________ Per.

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You are going to make an atomic box for our classroom periodic table. Each box will
be 7 x 7 inches with a border. Each box should include this information:
o Atomic number (1 tall bright! )
o Atomic Symbol (2 tall bright!)
o Element Name (bold!)
o Melting point (C)

Fun fact

Uses

o Where your element is found (or mined)

o Who and when your element was discovered (if
known).

o Boiling point (C)

o Atomic mass or weight
o phase

o a radioactive symbol if your element is

radioactive

o Group (Alkali, Alkaline-Earth, Transition Metals, Boron

Group, Carbon Group, Nitrogen Group, Oxygen Group,
Halogen, Inert Gases, Lanthanide Series, Actinide Series)

o if its a metal, nonmetal, or semimetal

o Picture (hand drawn- of something your
element is used in)

Your Names and period in lower right hand

corner

A. Your Atomic box must have a border (no bigger than the background).
B. Your work must be neat and accurate!!!!! Your picture(s) must be hand
drawn of something made from your element. It should POP!
C. Your fun fact should be interesting and relevant, not some boring detail.
D. Make rough draft on back. Then I will give you colored paper according to
your elements atomic number. This is the background for your atomic box.
E. IMPORTANT!!!!! Use color! not Pencil! Consider gluing on
information. Type if handwriting is bad. But must be nicely glued on. Your
element should STAND out, not fade into the background!
F. You will make a short presentation of your element & box in class (5 pts).
1. Use the pages I provided you from The Elements by Albert Swertka and these websites:
http://ed.ted.com/periodic-videos
http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/index.html
http://www.webelements.com/
http://periodic.lanl.gov/default.htm
http://www.lenntech.com/Periodic-chart.htm
http://www.chemicalelements.com/
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chemistry-the-elements-revealed-interactiveperiodic-table/

Eighth Grade Science

Name:

____________________________
Science
Date: _________________

Period: ____

Research for Atomic Box and Class Presentation

Here you can put research that you can use for your atomic box and also for your class
presentation. You will have more information here than you will put on your box!
Some of it you will save for your presentation and some will just be for your
knowledge!
1. Basic Periodic Table Information M
2. ake sure it is correct!
Element Name: Helium
Atomic Number: 2
Atomic Mass: 4.002602
Melting Point (in Celcius!) -272.2
Boiling Point (in Celcius!) -268.93
Phase: Gas
Metal, semimetal, non metal? Non meatal
Usually Radioactive? no
Group( which one? Alkali, Alkaline-Earth, Transition Metals, Boron Group, Carbon Group, Nitrogen Group, Oxygen Group, Halogen, Inert Gases,
Lanthanide Series, Actinide Series)

3. Discovered Who discovered this element, when, where and how it was
discovered.
Discovered by Pierre Janssen and Norman Lockyer in 1868

4. Uses find as many things that you can that your element is used for: which one
will you list on your box and which ones will you make a drawing of for your
element?
It used in balloons to make them float because helium is lighter than air. It is also
used to keep satalights cool in space.

Eighth Grade Science

Name:

____________________________
Science
Date: _________________

Period: ____

5. Fun Facts about your element

Its was found in the suns atmosphere before it was found on earth. It is the earths 2nd
most abundant element on earth.

6. Where your element is found (or mined)

7. Major Properties of this Element (conductive, shiny, soft, brittle etc. )

8. New Words and their definitions (at least 3-5 words)

9. Bibliography Full bibliography entries for text sources. You must use at least 1
book source (can be the paper I gave you) and 2 internet sources.
Stwertka,Albert.AGuidetotheElements.NewYork:OxfordUP,2012.Print.