Elements Necessary for Life - Practical Chemistry



Elements Necessary for Life!!!!!!

|The Assignment:  You have been asked by the American Chemical Society (ACS) to design an advertisement which promotes an element necessary for the health and well being of the human body. |

|You must choose an age group (children, teenagers, adults, or senior citizens) and sex (male or female) you intend to target in your advertisement.  The nutritional requirements for your |

|element may change depending on the age and sex of the targeted group.  Pregnancy may also be a factor you need to consider.  For example, the daily requirements for the element calcium |

|are different for males and females, and for children, teenagers, adults and seniors.  In addition to this, pregnant and nursing women have additional calcium requirements for their diet. |

|Not every element will have different RDA’s for each of these different groups, so you will need to check carefully.  Do not rely only on text in your presentation.  Make your |

|advertisement visually appealing and attempt to engage the targeted audience.  The project is to be done as an individual effort.  |

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|You have options for presenting your advertisement: |

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|Glogster |

|Pre-taped video commercial presentation |

|Photostory |

|If you have another idea just get it approved by the teacher. |

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|The following is required information for your advertisement: |

|1.  Element name and atomic number |

|2.  Recommended daily allowances (RDA’s) |

|3.  Main food sources of element (must also bring in a sample for the class to see) |

|4.  Why does your body need this element required, how does it help the body? |

|5.  Problems if you get too much in your body (include symptoms) |

|6.  Problems if you get too little in your body (include symptoms) |

|7.  Are mineral supplements containing this element available at the local pharmacy?  (Look specifically for a supplement that only contains the one element, not a multivitamin.  Use a |

|multivitamin as a last resort, and let your audience know that you are referring to a multivitamin if you do so.) |

|8.  If so, what is the average cost for a daily supplement?  (Pay attention to how many pills make up a daily supplement.) |

|9.  A bibliography which includes at least three sources (including books, web addresses, magazines, etc.). |

|10.  When conducting a search for the above information, you will want to search under the name of your element as well as the following: minerals, trace minerals, essential minerals, or |

|macrominerals. |

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| Pre-taped Video Commercial Presentation |

|For those of you that desire a more creative format, you may use a video camera to record a three to five minute “infomercial” about your element.  You can treat it as an infomercial, a |

|news report, or a true product advertisement.  You must turn in a videocassette of your final project.  |

|This project is a modified version of a project originally created by  Michael Geyer with assistance from Cynthia Bedell from . |

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