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Honors Chemistry Quarter 1 Project

Element Icosahedrons

Project Outcome: Create an icosahedron (20 sided shape) showing information about a particular element assigned.

Project Outline:

1. On **Thursday, October 15th** you will be assigned an element via random drawing.

2. Research your element, coming up with information to put on 20 sides of an icosahedron. Suggested information includes, but is not limited to: element symbol, symbol origin and meaning, element discoverer and year discovered, common uses, current prices, boiling and/or melting points, crystalline structure, radioactivity, isotopes, sources of the element, common ions (oxidation numbers) formed, density, and abundance on Earth. Interesting or unusual information is always a good idea. One of the sides of your icosahedron must have the element name, symbol, atomic number and average atomic mass.

3. Organize your information so it fits and looks nice on 20 sides of the circle/triangle patterns found here: (will be uploaded next week)

4. On **Monday, October 26th** you need to hand in the information you are putting on your icosahedron, with each face of the icosahedron represented on an index card or quarter sheet of paper. (This is the substance of your project, I want to know what information you found!)

5. Your assembled icosahedron is due in class on Monday, November 2nd.

6. On November 2nd, you will give a short (1-2 min) presentation about your element to the class, highlighting the information on your icosahedron.

What I need from you: 1. Your information that you will put on your icosahedron on Oct. 26. 2. Your completed icosahedron on Nov. 2 3. A bibliography with at least four sources (one of which must be non-electronic) on Oct. 26 4. A 2 minute presentation about your element on Nov. 2


 * Once we are done with the presentations, we will hang the icosahedrons from the ceiling arranged according to the periodic table.

Grading: This project will go in the TEST category and is worth 50 pts. 30 pts-Information about your element 5pts-Assembled Icosahedron 5pts-Element Presentation 10pts-Bibliography

See the rubric for a more specific grade breakdown.