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Grade 7 - 2.1 Activity Sheet

This document provides instructions for students to research an element and create an informational poster or leaflet about it. Students are asked to find the name and chemical symbol of their assigned element using the Periodic Table. They then use additional resources to find information to include on their poster/leaflet related to where the element is found, its discovery, common uses, properties, and other interesting facts. The poster/leaflet aims to help students learn about specific elements and how their properties relate to their applications.

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Grade 7 - 2.1 Activity Sheet

This document provides instructions for students to research an element and create an informational poster or leaflet about it. Students are asked to find the name and chemical symbol of their assigned element using the Periodic Table. They then use additional resources to find information to include on their poster/leaflet related to where the element is found, its discovery, common uses, properties, and other interesting facts. The poster/leaflet aims to help students learn about specific elements and how their properties relate to their applications.

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C7 2.

1 Elements

Activity: Researching the elements


Learning objectives
 Define an element and list some examples of elements
 Describe what the Periodic Table shows and use it to find a named element

Task
1. Using the resources given to you by your teacher, you are going to research an element and
create an information poster or leaflet about your element.
2. Find the name of your chemical element and its chemical symbol from the Periodic Table.
Write these in big letters in the middle of your poster or on the front of your leaflet.
3. Use the resources to find out information about your element.
4. On your poster or leaflet, you should include answers to the following questions:
 Where is the element found?
 When and how was the element discovered?
 What is the element used for?
 What properties does the element have?
 How do the element’s properties make it suitable for the uses you have found out about?
 Are there any interesting or unusual facts about the element? (e.g. If the element is not
found naturally, why? Is the element hazardous? Where does its name come from?)

Questions
1. State what the Periodic Table shows. (1 mark)

2. State how the elements are grouped in the Periodic Table. (1 mark)

3. Write down the definition of the key word element. (1 mark)

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C7 2.1 Elements

4. Use the Periodic Table to write down the chemical symbols for these
lists of elements. Each list should spell a word. (10 marks)
a. carbon hydrogen iodine phosphorus sulfur
b. fluorine lithium carbon potassium
c. sulfur hydrogen iodine phosphorus
d. phosphorus hydrogen yttrium silicon caesium
e. barium sodium sodium
f. sulfur lithium nitrogen potassium yttrium
g. scandium argon erbium
h. germanium nickel uranium sulfur
i.dysprosium nitrogen americium iodine tellurium
j.helium lithium cobalt platinum erbium

5. Use the Periodic Table to write down the names of each of the elements
used to spell the words below. (5 marks)
a. P I Ra Te
b. Mo U Se
c.Lu C K Y
d. F La S H
e. V I O Li N

6. Write your own words using only symbols from the Periodic Table.
Write down the names of those elements in order and give them
to a partner to decipher (work out).

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