Name ______________

Adopt-an-Element Research Project

Objective: You will have the opportunity to research and become an expert on one of the elements on the periodic table. This
information will be presented on a poster OR a slideshow. Students will then use the information, photos, and graphics that they
collect to design and construct a report in the form of a large poster (at least 22” x 28” on sturdy poster board or foam board). (You
may use a tri-fold board, if desired.)

MY ELEMENT IS EUROPIUM,MY POSTER is DUE ON MARCH 01,2021.

 Your element will be chosen at random from a group of elements selected by the teacher. No two chemistry students will research
or display the same element.
 Posters handed in on time can earn a maximum 70 points. Posters that are late will automatically lose 5 points per school
day
 Information can be typed on a computer in a large easy-to-read font, and then printed, cut out, and neatly pasted onto the poster or
hand written. Titles may be written directly on the poster. All wording should be neat and attractive, with no smudges or cross-
outs or messy wrinkles.
 All paper, pictures, decorations, etc. attached to the poster should be firmly attached so that they do not come off the poster or
even loosely dangle. Do not use glitter or anything else that will fall off the poster if it is propped up.
 Your poster should be colorful and “eye-catching,” and appealing to other students (who may have the opportunity to score it).
Your project must include the following:
1. _____ Name of the element
2. _____ Symbol
3. _____ Atomic Number
4. _____ Atomic Mass
5. _____ Who discovered? When was it discovered?
6. _____ Number of protons, number of neutrons, number of electrons
7. _____ Where it can be found/how made
8. _____ Isotopes of the Element
9. _____Four physical descriptions: metal, non-metal, metalloid, color, texture, density, melting
point, boiling point, physical state (S, L, G) at room temperature
10. _____ A list of common uses (minimum of three)
11. _____ Two Interesting facts about your element; something you believe is unique and
relatively unknown by the general population.
12. _____ A picture of the element OR a picture related to one of the element’s uses.
13. _____ A picture of an atom of the element.
14. Commercial and/or industrial uses: How your element is currently being used, as a pure element and/or in compounds
Guidelines
 You will be given 5 days to complete your research using the Internet.
o During this time, you will begin to put your project together: discover information, find uses and pictures, etc.
 You will be given 2 additional days to work on your poster or slideshow.
 Make it colorful and interesting. Use pictures, objects, drawings, diagrams, etc.; anything to appropriately draw attention to
it.
 Be original and creative. These projects are intended to educate and entertain.
 Display your name and class period on bottom-right, front corner of the poster or the first slide of the slideshow.
 Be sure to check your grammar and spelling.

Suggested Websites:

 Web Elements: www.webelements.com

 Los Alamos National Lab: http://periodic.lanl.gov/default.htm
 Royal Chemical Society Visual Elements: http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/
 Chem4Kids: http://www.chem4kids.com/files/elem_intro.html
 Chemical Elements: www.chemicalelements.com
 Chemicool: www.chemicool.com
 Elements: http://dmoz.org/Science/Chemistry/Elements/

Los Alamos National Laboratory's Chemistry Division Periodic Table of Elements

http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/default.htm
The Visual Elements Periodic Table http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/pages/pertable_fla.htm
Jefferson Labs: It’s Elemental
http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/index.html
PeriodicTable.com for Students
http://periodictable.com/pages/AAEstudentHOME.html
Environmental Chemistry
http://environmentalchemistry.com/yogi/periodic/
The Periodic Table of Comic Books   
http://www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/
The Periodic Table of Poetry
http://www.superdeluxe.com/elemental/
ChemTopics.com (a table and links to lots of other periodic tables)
http://www.chemtopics.com/elements.html
The Periodic Table of Elements: links to several periodic tables
http://www.stteresa.net/periodictable.htm
The Elements Song By Tom Lerher
http://www.privatehand.com/flash/elements.html
The Periodic Table Challenge (you fill in the element)
http://www.ilpi.com/genchem/periodicquiz.html
Periodic Table Memory Pegs (graphics that are supposed to help you remember each element)
http://www.johnpratt.com/atomic/periodic.html
Rader’s CHEM4KIDS! website (general info) http://www.chem4kids.com

Rubric
Name, Symbol & Atomic Number ________________________ / 5 pts
Who? Where? When was it discovered? _________________ / 10 pts
A poem or a pun related to your element _______________ / 10 pts
A list of common uses (at least 3) ________________________ / 10 pts
Unique fact about element ____________________________ / 5 pts
Picture / graphic ______________________________________ / 5 pts
Neatness / creativity __________________________________ / 5 pts
5 additional elements / common uses _________________ / 10 pts
Use of class-time _____________________________________ / 10 pts

Total _________________________________________________ / 70 pts