Activity
1: Understanding Matter |
Working
with a partner, visit either Phases of Matter
or Chem4kidsmatter web sites to answer
the following questions. Include any drawings or diagrams that will help
you understand these important concepts.
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What are
the four states of matter? Illustrate the four states.
Activity
2: The Periodic Table |
Visit
the Resources page to find a site about
the periodic table. Answer the following questions. Please work with a
partner.
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What is
the periodic table?
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Who first
proposed this table?
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How are
the elements organized in the periodic table?
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What are
the 8 different groups of elements?
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What type
of information is given for each element on the periodic table?
Activity
3: The Essential Elements |
Working
with your team, approximately 6 to 8 students, determine what are the essential
elements which humans need to exist in a modern world. Be sure to provide
a reason for why each element is important. For example, oxygen is an essential
element, because all living things require oxygen to breath. Submit your
team list to the Chief Scientific Consultant ( your teacher) for approval
before beginning Activity 4, the element profile.
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What are
the essential elements which humans need to exist in a modern world?
Activity
4 : Element Profiles |
Choose
a partner to work with for the final research activity. Each pair of students
will be preparing one element profile to send on the colonizing mission
to GaiaII. Again visit one of the resources to find information on your
essential element. Include the following information:
Element
Name |
Symbol |
Atomic Number
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Atomic Mass
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Element
Group |
Melting Point
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Boiling Point |
Uses
for the element
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Next,
using the information from the element profile, prepare a graph that shows
the states of matter for your element. Include melting and boiling points
for your element on the graph. Show the temperatures at which your element
enters the solid, liquid and gas phases.
How will
you package your element for the trip to planet GaiaII? Remember that the
the cargo vessel will experience a temperature
change from -200 degrees to 600 degrees C during this long journey. Will
your element remain a solid, melt into a liquid, or become a gas? Or will
it experience all three states of matter?
Activity
4 requirements:
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Element
Profile
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Graph of
3 states of matter for element
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Packaging
and shipping instructions