🧪 Part 1: Element Basics

1. What will you name your fictional element?

2. What is your element's symbol? (Remember: symbols are 1-2 letters, first letter capitalised)

3. Choose an atomic number for your element (1-118):

4. Based on your atomic number, which period (row) and group (column) would your element be in?

Period: _______ Group: _______

⚛️ Part 2: Physical and Chemical Properties

5. At room temperature (20°C), your element is:

Solid

Liquid

Gas

6. Your element is classified as:

Metal

Non-metal

Metalloid

7. What colour is your element?

8. Describe the reactivity of your element (e.g., highly reactive, stable, explosive with water):

9. What other interesting physical properties does your element have? (Check all that apply)

Magnetic

Glows in the dark

Changes colour with temperature

Extremely light

Extremely dense

Conducts electricity very well

🌍 Part 3: Uses and Importance

10. What would your element be used for? Describe at least two practical applications:

11. How would your element benefit society or solve a current problem?

12. Would your element be:

Very common and inexpensive

Rare and valuable

Artificially created in laboratories only

🎨 Part 4: Design and Visualisation

13. Draw your element's position in a section of the periodic table. Show neighbouring elements:

14. Create a simple diagram or illustration of your element (atoms, crystals, or how it might look):

15. Design a warning label or safety symbol for your element if needed:

🔬 Part 5: Scientific Reasoning

16. Explain why you chose this atomic number and position for your element. What real elements is it similar to?

17. Match your element's properties with the correct scientific explanations:

1. High reactivity

2. Metallic properties

3. Gas at room temperature

4. Good conductor

A. Electrons move freely

B. Weak intermolecular forces

C. Easily loses/gains electrons

D. Shiny, malleable, ductile

18. What questions would scientists need to investigate about your element?

📋 Part 6: Element Summary Card

19. Complete your element's data card:

Element Name: _________________________

Symbol: _______ Atomic Number: _______

Period: _______ Group: _______

Classification: _________________________

State at 20°C: _________________________

Key Properties: _________________________

_________________________________________________

Main Uses: _____________________________

_________________________________________________

Discovery/Creation Method: ________________

_________________________________________________

20. Rate your element's importance to humanity (1-10) and explain why:

Rating: _____ / 10

Design Your Own Element

Design Your Own Element

🧪 Part 1: Element Basics

⚛️ Part 2: Physical and Chemical Properties

🌍 Part 3: Uses and Importance

🎨 Part 4: Design and Visualisation

🔬 Part 5: Scientific Reasoning

📋 Part 6: Element Summary Card

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