Periodic Table Families Poster Project
You will choose one family from the periodic table to research. Use your book and the Internet to research your family and create a small poster representing it.
Suggested Websites:
· Chemical Elements: www.chemicalelements.com
· Elements: http://dmoz.org/Science/Chemistry/Elements/
The Essentials:
- Name of Family
- Elements found in family
- Number of valence electrons
- Reactivity
- Type of elements-metal, nonmetal, metalloid
- Compounds that can be made from elements
Interesting Facts: List four interesting facts about your family (i.e. are any of the members useful in medicine, industry, or science? Do you use any of the members in your everyday life?).
