The Element Project

This is an individual or a pair task for the students of 3ºESO.  You have to choose one of the elements of the periodic table, and do a little speech about it.  There are more than 100 elements, so everyone must choose a different one, that means, that you are not allowed to repeat the same element.  Please do not take the strangest ones, otherwise it would be really difficult to find information.

You should include the following information in your exposition:

a) Introduce the element, telling the chemical name and the chemical formula 
b) The origin of the element's name
c) The date when the element was discovered 
d) The name of the discoverer of the element 
e) The atomic mass and atomic number of the element
f) The period and the group the element belongs to
g) Interesting properties and uses of the element

If you want, you can add any other interesting information.  Try to do your best and good luck.
In order to help you, you can use the following sentences:

- I am going to talk about (name of the element) whose symbol is __________

- Its name comes from ancient Greek/Latin and means__________ 

- Its name makes reference to a country/ scientist...

- (Name of the element) was discovered in (date) by ____________

- Its atomic number is _____, that means that it has X protons and X electrons

- Its mass number is ____, so it has Y neutrons

- It belongs to the _____ period and the ____ group, so this element is a metal/non metal

- In our daily life, this element is used to ________