Chemistry

my superhero project was pretty easy, I got the element ruthenium, and I made this superhero to represent it because I thought it would look good being portrayed as kind of a lightning type of guy because ruthenium turns light energy into electrical energy. My story was about a kid who just graduated high school, found a jar of ruthenium in his college class and suddenly got a bunch of powers and used them to fight off a villain and save his city from evil.

This is my periodic family/groups poster, and my group was assigned the Alkali metals, this project was pretty easy and it was fun to work with a group to get something done together. A lot of research was needed for this project but overall it ended up being pretty fun.  

Lastly, my periodic trends lab, it was fun and helped me understand why we see the reactivity of metals in different substances. Overall I worked well with my group and we got the project done in time.

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The reactivity of metals follows patterns on the periodic table because of the way their atoms are structured. As you go down a group, metals become more reactive. This happens because atoms get bigger, with more layers of electrons, so the outer electrons are farther from the nucleus and easier to lose. On the other hand, as you move across a period  from left to right, metals become less reactive. This is because the number of protons in the nucleus increases, pulling the electrons closer and making them harder to lose. These trends show how easily metals lose electrons to form positive ions, which is what makes them reactive.

docs.google.com/document/d/1VYTLvuwbl6CkzIxOHQMm7AMSD5EalQ5accM7P65Bnqw/edit?tab=t.0 

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I probably could have worked with my group more, to get more done and to be on task without getting side tracked. Some things I did well were, getting work done on time, collaborating with my group to get to the final destination, and giving myself credit for the work I have done for the group.