Six Important MUST HAVE Facts

1.   History:  Background of the discovery or isolation, year discovered, chemist who discovered it, derivatives of its name, myths or legends.  *If the element is very old, reference when the element is first mentioned in history rather than give an exact year of discovery and the chemist who discovered it.

2.   Early and Present Day Uses

3.   Environmental considerations with mining, refining, industrial preparation, use, and/or disposal, health concerns.

4.   Indicate if the element is a metal/nonmetal/or metalloid.

5.   Give examples of chemical reactions involving the element.

6.   Provide physical and chemical properties: density, state of matter at room temperature, color, odor, solubility in water, atomic mass, melting point, boiling point, common reactions.