The Atom

Introduction

Welcome to the molecular world of atoms, thank you for joining us!

You are now an atom.

How does it feel? What do you look like? What do you for fun? What is your responsibilty as an atom?

Tell me about yourself and your experiences as the buildling block of life.

Task

You have been divided into groups. Each group has been assigned to be one of the following:

Alikali metals
Alkaline metals
Transition metals
Metalloids
Non-metals
Halogens
Noble Gases
Lanthanoids
Actinoids

Using your periodic table, in your groups assign each of yourselfs a different element within the group of elements you've been assigned. (Not all the elements on the table will be used).

Congratulations! You have now become the element of your choice!

Now, I would like you to tell me about yourself answering a few simple questions:

Whats your name?
What's your symbol?
What's your atomic number?
What is your molecular mass?
How many electrons/protons/neutrons do you have?
How many orbitals do you have?
How many valence electrons do you have?
What is your electron configuration?

Now, I also want you to dig deeper. I want to know

What kind of elements do you react with?/What kind of properties do you have?
What kinds of things do people use you to make?
What kind of experiemnts can we do with you in the lab?
What kind of safety hazards do you bring?

I would like those answered in atleast two paragraphs each.

When you have all your information, I want you to make a diagram of your atom and stick all the information on a poster and make it fancy for completion!

Process

How you go about this is up to you. I would recommend looking up all you information first and writing it down. (Make sure to cite sources!) And then putting it on the poster and making it creative and making your diagrmam. You have artisttic freedom for both assments; create however you would like, just make sure to answer the questions thoroughly

Here are some websites you can go to:

http://www.ptable.com/

http://periodic.lanl.gov/index.shtml

http://www.rsc.org/periodic-table

http://ed.ted.com/periodic-videos