6A Science

Element Charades

Worth 25 points

Due

A. The Purposes of Element Charades are to:

1) creatively convey the identification of a mystery element to your classmates;
2) communicate important properties, ideas and facts through visual and kinesthetic means;
3) engage in a performance assessment
B. Element Charades Requirements
1. Students should use combination of costumes, charades, or props to get across the
following important properties, ideas & facts about your element in the following order: (15
points)
Charades must include a-h
a. Color of element
b. usual physical state (as in solid, liquid, or gas)
c. 2 most important uses
d. distinctive behavior or characteristics (1 or 2)
e. discovery year (if not from ancient times) or other unique fact
f. family & period
g. atomic number
h. name of element
You may not use any written clues or speak during your charades. Actions, images, costumes,
props, and/or music are encouraged! Each presentation should be approximately 1 2
minutes in length.
2. Before you begin your presentation, turn in this sheet or typed on other sheet, with your
name and answers to each of the above (1a. 1 h.) prompts. (10 points)
3. Elicit laughter and smiles!
4. Points will be awarded for an effective & clever presentation (15 pts) and responses to
prompts 1a 1h (10 pts).
C. To help you in gathering information, you may access your textbook, class resource
notebooks, and the following websites.
Chemical Elements.com
http://www.chemicalelements.com/index.html
About.com: Chemistry
http://chemistry.about.com/od/periodictableelements/Periodic_Table_The_Elements.htm
Chemi-cool Periodic Table
http://www.chemicool.com/
The Visual Elements Periodic Table
http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/pages/periodic_table.html