Material: Learning the Elements
Submitted by: Stefanie Chow on Sep 07, 2008
Title: Adopt an Element
Original Source:MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
Description: Each student picks an element and has to gather information about it. Then they present the information by making a poster.
Type of Task: Individual , Unsupervised
Time Required : 2-3 hours
Topics: Elements
Audience: Prep.& Secondary Science students
Categories: - Science and Technology/Chemistry/Introductory and General
Learning Objectives: Learn about an element, and other elements by viewing peers' posters.
Text of Assignment:
Have each student in the class adopt one element. Give them a list of information they must find: the year and how it was discovered, who discovered it, what it is used for, its mass, etc. You can adjust the difficulty and applications of information based on grade level. Also give the students a rubric about how their poster will be graded. You can have them include pictures, drawings, etc.