1. ELEMENT SCAVENGER HUNT FIND THE ELEMENT

2. HOW TO PLAY You will be given a hint or two about an element on the periodic table. Use all the ways you have learned to read the periodic table to reveal the element!

3. IRON I have 26 protons Who am I?

4. HYDROGEN I am not really an alkali metal, but since I have only 1 electron I behave like them. Who am I?

5. NICKEL I am a metal with 28 electrons. Who am I?

6. ALUMINUM I am a member of the boron family and the only metal next to the staircase Who am i?

7. OXYGEN I am a gas with 8 protons and 8 neutrons Who am I?

8. LEAD I am a member of the carbon family often mistaken for the end of your pencil Who am I?

9. MERCURY I am a metal that is liquid at room temperature. Who am I?

10. SILVER My atomic number is 47 and I am used to make photography film. Who am I?

11. CALCIUM I am an alkaline earth metal with 20 neutrons and am found in your teeth and bones. Who am I?

12. PHOSPHORUS I am a member of the nitrogen family with 16 neutrons and I am found in urine. Who am I?

13. FLUORINE I am a gas with a mass number of 19. Who am I?

14. POTASSIUM I am the first element in the fourth period used in making fertilizer. Who am I?

15. TIN You can find me in the carbon family in the fifth period. Who am I?

16. NOW TRY SOME ON YOUR OWN Answer the examples handed out to you

17. ELEMENT SCAVENGER HUNT PROJECT Create 10 element scavenger hunt clues on your own. Do not repeat the exact clues we went over in class Everyone’s should be different Start on a rough draft today.

18. RUBRIC FOR PROJECT REQUIREMENTSPOINTSEXPLANATION NAME10FIRST NAME, LAST NAME, CORE # NEATNESS10COLORED AND NEAT (NO CROSSOUTS) GRAMMAR10SPELLING AND GRAMMAR CORRECT VARIETY10ALL TEN HINTS WERE DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE ROUGH DRAFT10ROUGH DRAFT IS INCLUDED CORRECTNESS505 POINTS FOR EACH CLUE AND ANSWER THAT CORRECTLY MATCH TOTAL POINTS = 100 MINOR GRADE!!!

19. HINTS FOR YOUR PROJECT USE CAN USE: ATOMIC NUMBER, # OF PROTONS, # OF NEUTRONS, OR # OF ELECTRONS COMMON USES OF THE ELEMENT FAMILY OR GROUP NUMBER (OR NAME) PERIOD NUMBER METAL, METALLOID, NONMETAL, STAIRSTEP STATE OF MATTER IN ROOM TEMPERATURE (SOLID, LIQUID, GAS) VALENCE ELECTRONS ELECTRON SHELL ATOMIC MASS ANY TREND YOU LEARNED ABOUT THE PERIODIC TABLE ASK YOUR TEACHER TO DOUBLE CHECK YOUR CLUES BEFORE YOU TURN THEM IN