Core Chem Honors Term Project
Created by C. Ippolito
February  2001

Updated December  2006
The Fall Term Project

Can be a term paper, a well-made PowerPoint Presentation, a Web Site
presentation, a comic strip, a storyboard, or almost anything you can
think of to do!

In class you will randomly draw the name of the element you will
research.

The end product should be a Museum Quality Display of the Element.....
just speak to me to be sure your idea will work!

The display should incorporate your creative and artistic talents as
well as scientific information you have researched. The center of this
display must have as its focal point the symbol of your element, its
atomic number, its atomic weight and other pertinent information as
represented in the standard periodic table.

The following are some ideas that should be included  in  your
“display”.

Discovery of the Element

This section should include the date of the element's discovery, the
name of the scientist that discovered the element, and a brief story
of how it was discovered.  If the element you draw was known from
prehistoric times, this section would basically cover what historian's
might speculate about its discovery and early use.

Characteristics of the Element

This section should include the qualitative and quantitative
properties of the element that allow scientists to identify and
distinguish it from the other elements.

Source of the Element

This section should include the ores in which the element is found,
where the ore can be found, and a brief explanation of how the element
is separated from its natural source and purified (refined) for
commercial use.

Uses of the Element

This section should include descriptions and explanations of past,
present, and possible future uses of the element.

Bohr-Rutherford Diagram

This section should include a Bohr-Rutherford diagram of the element
if the atomic number of your element is 28 or less.

References

In the parenthetical system, the only references needed are a
bibliography, which lists all of the works used in researching the
paper.  You should use all the references you read to prepare the
display, whether they were directly cited in the display or not.

The sources used are listed in a bibliography, in alphabetical order,
by author.

The format of the different kinds of bibliography citations is as
follows: