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Students create a comic book or short video drama about Mendel's life and work. Highlights should include his use of scientific method and his habits as a scientist. Those doing the video can have up to four students in the group. You can also create an animate video on the computer if you wish. Students create poster to illustrate Mendel's first and second experiments on genetics. Each student will demonstrate one of the seven traits that Mendel studied. Students should use materials such as flowers, yellow and green seeds, or winkled and round peas. Each project should clearly identify the parents, the first generation, and the second generation

Students will research their adopted element and determine the following: abbreviation, atomic number, atomic mass,number of protons and neutrons, number of energy levels, periodic table group, state at room temperature, boiling point, melting point,color,density,common isotopes, whether it exists naturally or is synthetic, its source, whether it is essential to life, its common (and uncommon) uses, any hazards involved in using it, and its history including when, where, and by whom it was discovered.