Periodic Table of Elements "Puzzle"

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This project was designed to help students learn the placement of all of the elements on the Periodic Table. I wanted to design something that could not be done with paper. I saw online that there where four new elements added to the Periodic Table of Elements and thought that an Elements "puzzle" would be perfect to design for this challenge. I did not have time to print the whole project and still enter in time but I did do two test prints that show that everything will work, last two pictures. Print Settings Printer Brand: Printrbot Printer: Simple Black Rafts: Doesn't Matter Supports: No Notes: If you have a printer that is 6x6x6 inches then you can scale this down to .60 and it will fit. If you would like to color code the pieces like in picture two, then i would recommend using netfab to cut the pieces apart How I Designed This This was very interesting to design purely because there where so many elements to design and write the abbreviation for. pieces: For every every piece I used the text tool in 123d design and wrote the abbreviation for the element that the piece would become. I would then use the extrusion tool to give the text a third dimension. After that i would center the text in the middle of the piece then move it up and use it as a cutting tool to add the text to the piece. I continued this process for ever element. Board: I first design the shape of the board.I then made a copy of all the pieces and scaled them up to 1.05 and used the pieces as a cutting tool to add the holes for the pieces. After that i added the text to the top. Finally i used the sketch tool to draw a dovetail design that i would then use to cut the board in half giving the board dovetail joints to connect the two pieces after printing. Project: Learn the Periodic Table of Elements Objectives learn the Periodic Table of Elements Audiences students in grades 8-10 would be ideal for this project when the teacher/school decides this project would be appropriate Preparation students will be expected to learn about the Periodic Table of Elements before attempting this project Step 1 introduce the project by starting to teach about the Periodic Table of Elements Step 2 have students practice with the 'puzzle' Step 3 have students complete the Puzzle and grade it Result students should have learned the placement of all the elements in the Periodic Table of Elements by the end of this project teachers could give two points per piece, one for putting the piece in the right area and one for putting the piece in its exact spot