- Use this link to the periodic table of elements (https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ptable.com/?lang%3Den%23Properties&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1680927733272777&usg=AOvVaw0ZHDdwC9PAp5bkaoNvU-H3) to choose an element that interests you; one you have not heard of before.
- Upon choosing your element of interest, use the periodic table and research to conduct the following:
• Introduction
• location on the periodic table
• atomic number
• atomic mass
• element symbol
• who discovered the element and when
• why this element interests you
• Chemical properties
• family/ reactivity trends
• group/ # valence e’s
• types of bonds the element can form
• Physical properties
• elemental class (metal, non metal, metalloid)
• applications and uses)
- open a blank document for your research paper.
Present your research in the format of a 5-paragraph essay.
Include the following:
• Works cited (Periodic table website and any other sources you used)
• Scientific voice
• Proper conventions