Meet the Elements Assignment

Name: ______

Date: ______

Class: ______

Grade 9 Science

Meet the Elements Assignment

Outcome Assessed

·  1.31.identify examples of common elements, and compare their characteristic and atomic structure (307-15)

Your assignment is to research your assigned element, and to prepare a poster to advertise your element.

Your poster should:
·  be on letter-sized paper.
·  Be neat, creative and colourful
·  contain at least 5 facts about your element.
·  include pictures and words

You will be assigned one of the elements below.

·  Circle the element that you are assigned

Name Symbol /

Name Symbol

/ Name Symbol
aluminum Al
antimony Sb
argon Ar
arsenic As
barium Ba
beryllium Be
boron B
bromine Br
calcium Ca
cadmium Cd
carbon C
cesium Cs
chlorine Cl
chromium Cr
cobalt Co
copper Cu
fluorine F
gold Au
helium He / hydrogen H
iodine I
iron Fe
krypton Kr
lead Pb
lithium Li
magnesium Mg
manganese Mn
mercury Hg
molybdenum Mo
neon Ne
nickel Ni
nitrogen N
oxygen O
palladium Pd
phosphorus P
platinum Pt
plutonium Pu
potassium K / radium Ra
radon Rn
rubidium Rd
scandium Sc
selenium Se
silicon Si
silver Ag
sodium Na
strontium Sr
sulfur S
tin Sn
titanium Ti
tungsten W
uranium U
vanadium V
xenon Xe
zinc Zn
zirconium Zr

Use your textbook (pages 562-567) and the internet to research your assigned element.

Next class you will use this information to create a poster.

Please complete the following table by the end of class today.

Name of Element
How this element got its name
Scientist(s) that discovered it
Atomic Symbol
Physical Properties
Chemical Properties
Place(s) where the element can be found in nature.
Is it rare or abundant?
Economic Value
State at room temperature (solid, liquid or gas)
Atomic Number
Atomic Mass
Row in the period table in which it is found
Column in the period table in which it is found
5 Interesting Facts