1 / 11

Selling Your Element

Selling Your Element. Selling Your Element. Purpose: You are an “elements broker”. You have a quantity of your element to sell to your classmates. Why should they buy it? Use your element research to create a power point presentation or infomercial or video or rap

iola-norman
Download Presentation

Selling Your Element

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Selling Your Element

  2. Selling Your Element Purpose: • You are an “elements broker”. • You have a quantity of your element to sell to your classmates. • Why should they buy it? • Use your element research to create a power point presentation or • infomercial or video or rap • that you have filmed for • your element. • Be prepared to present it • to the class.

  3. Contents: Your advertising piece could include the following: • 1. From your element research (Something old) • __Chemical Symbol, Atomic Mass, Atomic Number, etc. • __When or who discovered it? • __Where on earth it is found (Map of the world, US, Etc.) • __How do humans use it? • __How it is mined or produced? • __What countries produce it and what countries use it? • __What other elements does it usually combine with? • __Is it radioactive? • __What is the meaning of its name? • __What family does it belong to? Why are the elements in the same family?

  4. 2. New research (something-new) • __Unusual or special properties • __Its affect on humans and the environment • 3. Imagineering (Something created entirely by you) • __Company name • __Logo for your company • __Phone number (make it clever and/or related to your element) • __Slogan or jingle for your atom • __A legal warning about uses on your element (like the surgeon generals warning on cigarettes) • Penalties for -2 or more points for sloppy/ messy work or blank spaces

  5. How will we do this? • Day 1: This will be a group project. Select partner and brainstorm which element appeals to you. • Day 2: Head to media center for research. Librarian will give presentation on various resources available: computer and book • Day 3: continue library research • Day 4; Conclude research • Day 5: We will have 3 to 4 days in the computer lab. Day 1 will be to outline your presentation. Presentations may be in the form of power point, videos, raps or other form of multi-media. • Day 6,7,8: Computer lab to refine and hone presentations. • Day 9,10: Presentation to the class

  6. Power Point requirements: • Must contain at least 8 slides including the title slide. • Must still include imagineering information • Learn to upload photos of creators of project to the power point • Videos may be included

  7. Modeling: • __Create a model of what one atom of your element would look like to go along with your written presentation. Refer to examples presented in class for presentation ideas. • Bibliography: You must use and cite at least 3 sources.

  8. Groups-You may work with up to two other persons on this project. All must be working on it or the group will lose points (-1 point per warning). Your partners must be in your class. • Total points for whole brochure=30 • Total points for model = 20 • Due Date:

  9. Doing an infomercial, rap, or video? • Please provide a script or storyboard. • Remember: good visuals are always more interesting thatn just words but mjust be relevant

  10. =char(32) Multimedia Project : Selling Your Element =char(32) Multimedia Project : Selling Your Element Teacher Name: L NourseStudent Name:     ________________________________________ Teacher Name: L NourseStudent Name:     ________________________________________ Date Created: Mar 21, 2010 03:02 am (UTC) Date Created: Mar 21, 2010 03:02 am (UTC)

  11. Reference sites: • Chemicool.com • Webelements.com • Education.jlab.org • http://periodic.lanl.gov • Did you find a great site? Email me so it can be shared with the class.

More Related