Design Your Own Periodic Table Project
Due Thursday, December 18, 2014
After learning about the various parts and trends of the periodic table it is now time to put
your skills to work to see if you can make a periodic table of your very own. The catch is this time
you will not be using elements but rather something completely different. You can choose just about
any everyday item to base your periodic table off of – cars, candy, dinosaurs, etc.
Project Guidelines:
1. Once you choose a topic you must be able to categorize your “items” in at least 2 different ways.
Some examples of how to categorize items: dates, colors, cost, company, size, genre, anything
else creative.
2.
Organize your items vertically and horizontally to show the patterns and relationships you’ve
decided on. Your periodic table must contain at least 20 “elements” and they must be arranged in
some sort of fashion that makes sense based on the characteristics. It’s is okay is you leave blank
spaces in your periodic table for “elements” not yet found.
3.
The groups and periods of your periodic table should be given titles/names.
4.
Each “element” square on your periodic table must include the following:
 Element name
 Chemical symbol 1 or 2 letters
 Atomic number (remember to skip numbers for blank spaces)
 Your choice of a picture, state of matter, price, or anything else creative/fun.
5.
Your periodic table should include a sample square to indicate what each number/item in the
element square means.
6.
Your periodic table can be any size that you need to complete the assignment neatly, but
should be limited to a full size of poster board. (aka no bigger than one poster board sheet)
7.
On the back of the periodic table or on a separate sheet of paper write 2-3 paragraphs
explaining the reasoning for placing the items where they are and explain the trends on the table
8.
Give your periodic table a Title.
Hints:
If having trouble sketch out element squares and cut them out to manipulate them and find
the best pattern, just like the all in the cards lab. Look on TV and magazines for good topic
ideas/hints. Good ones include: candy, TV shows, movies, stores, music, sports, animals, countries,
etc.
Name:___________________________
Rubric:
Basics of Poster
Poster includes a title, is neat, and is colorful.
________ / 5
This Rubric is handed in with your poster.
________ / 5
Organization
Groups (vertical) are organized in a sensible fashion
and there are the appropriate number of them.
Title is included
Periods (horizontal) are organized in a sensible
Fashion and there are the appropriate numbers of them.
Title is included.
_________ / 10
Elements
All 20 elements are included
_________/ 20
Each square includes the atomic number,
elements name, chemical symbol, and elements
from the ‘choice” category.
_________/ 20
The key square is completed in the correct fashion
_________/ 5
Key
The written explanation, paragraph form, fully explains the method
for ordering the elements in the fashion they appear
and shows knowledge of how periods and families
are related on the periodic table.
__________/ 15
Total:
_________/ 80