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 would give childen a more hands on fun and way to learn all of the elements. 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. How I Designed This 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 Project Name: Periodic Table of Elements Puzzle Overview & Background: In this project students will learn the placement of all of the elements along with (if the teacher chooses to) how to wright chemical bonds and how to find the number of valence electrons each element has. Objectives: Students should expect to learn all things listed above plus anything in the school curriculum that could be tought using this project Audiences: This project would be appropriate for grades 8 and above Subjects: This project should be used in the subject science Skills Learned (Standards): After completion of this project students should have gained certain skills such as knowing the abbreviation for each element Lesson/Activity: Each day of this project the teacher should assign a group or number of elements that should be learned that day. The students should then get a set length of hands on time to work on the group of elements assigned Duration: The duration of this project should be about 1 to 2 weeks depending on what all the teacher/school decides to teach Preparation: Before starting this project students should have learned what all the different groups of elements are (metals, non-metals, noble gases) References: Students should use the picture below as a reference Rubric & Assessment: At the end of this project students should have learned the placement of all of the elements on the periodic table of elements Handouts & Assets: Teachers could print and hand out the periodic table above but that should not be used well practicing