Begins: Now Ends: When the activity rolls over (last day of the month).
"We're going to talk about the elements today! As in, you know, chemistry! Pick an element that interests you and tell us a little about it!"
Rules: Random number generate a number between 1 and 118 to get your element! Find the corresponding element and tell us a bit about it! Use the form below!
CURRENT MONTH 2017
Username: Nasaiki Student Name: Seraph Stage: Senior Response: Seraph looked down at his paper and kind of made a face. It wasn’t due to the fact that he had to speak in front of the class. Being who he was he was constantly speaking in front of people. It was more that he was hoping to learn about a different element and he got one he actually knew a lot about. Well he always tried to look at things positively so maybe he would find something to add to his already known facts. “Oxygen has an atomic number of eight. It is a colorless, odorless gas that we use to breath. However its greatest commercial use is in the steel industry. Oxygen is also used in the manufacture of a wide range of chemicals which include nitric acid and hydrogen peroxide. The element first appeared in our atmosphere about 2 billion years ago, accumulating from the photosynthesis of blue-green algae. Oxygen gas is fairly soluble in water, which makes aerobic life in rivers, lakes and oceans possible.”
Hobo Pixi generated a random number between
1 and 118 ...
28!
Jaret looked at the periodic table, unsure which one to pick. He carefully looked through them, deciding on Nickel. He then opened up his notebook and started writing about after doing some research. Nickel has the atomic number of twenty-eight and is within the tenth group. It's a silvery metal that is able to resist corrosion even when in high temperatures. Due to it's ability to fight corrosion, Nickel is used to plate other metals in order to protect them from corrosion. It is used in batteries and adding it to glass gives it a green color. Nickel is actually the shortened name of "Kupfernickel" which either means "devil's copper" or "St. Nicholas's copper." Another unique fact about nickel is that backed beans have a surprising about of nickel in them. It was discovered by Axel Fredrik Cronstedt in 1751.
Kobe looked through the elements on the periodic table, honestly not knowing most of them. To select the one to research, he closed his eyes and randomly picked one... CL? What was that? He then started to research it, starting his paper. The element I have selected is atomic number seventeen, chlorine. Chlorine is in group seventeen and is considered a toxic gas. It has a yellow-green color and has a stench that you will choke on. As toxic has chlorine is, it does also kill bacteria and is used as a disinfectant. Some common uses that we use now are for treating water and swimming pools. It is also used to make chloroform for anesthesia. Chlorine was discovered by Carl Willhelm Scheele in 1774 and it's name was derived for the Greek word "Chloros" for it's greenish yellow coloring of the gas.
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2018 8:28 pm
April 2018
Username: Panda Moor Student Name: Augustus Stage: Freshling
Response: Gus felt completely out of his element, pun intended. Sighing softly, he pressed down the table in front of him. The big numbers confused him slightly as he couldn't count that high, but one did his catch his attention. 103. He knew what each of those digits were and with some confidence he could pronounce the big word attached. Lawrencium.
Imitating some of the older kids he had seen about the school, Gus gravitated towards one of the textbooks in the room and searched for the appropriate page. Young, he only had a loose grasp of the concept of 'copying,' but as he took in the words he did know, the hybrid created a brief summary.
'Lawrencium. Made up by people trying to make up new elements. It has a silver color when you look at it. The letters on the table are Lr.'
Honestly, not much of the page made sense to him so he hoped that this would please Flora. To try and sweeten his luck, with his tendrils bright about him he did his best to copy one of the diagrams in the book that supposedly represented element 103.
EDIT TO ADD: My stupid butt forgot Gaia had a RNG feature and just used one on the internet lol.
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Shaddaling generated a random number between
1 and 118 ...
4!
Response: So Beryllium, super rare and only forms when large amount of atoms hit cosmic rays and is the fuel for stars. Well one of them, so that is neat. It is in gemstones like beryl, emerald, and aquamarine though the green color comes from chromium. It is used in a lot of things, from x-rays, dental fillings, combined with copper to make it stronger, used in electronics. So it is a useful thing.
It is a steel grey, hard, and brittle metal and found in about a 100 different minerals. Yeah, that Beryllium.
Shaddaling generated a random number between
1 and 118 ...
114!
Response:Flerovium is a very radioactive element and artificially created one. It is superheavy and very volatile. It was made in the winter months by bombarding plutonium with calcium. Carmen paused in her writing wondering where to take this assignment. Most of it was just equations and numbers and a lot wasn't truly known. It was interesting but it was also just a bit... difficult to actual get into and actual write about.
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Shaddaling generated a random number between
1 and 118 ...
84!
Response: Blah, this was such a stupid assignment. Jess wrinkled her nose, considering the element Polonium. Well at least she had a cool element. It was radioactive and toxic. She tapped her pen and started to write down.
Polonium, number 84 and extracted by uranium ore and is toxic, really, really toxic. It is mainly used in radioactive things. It has a very short half life and can be found in seafood.
She looked it over and shrugged. Good enough.
Shaddaling generated a random number between
1 and 118 ...
30!
Response: Josie paused, nibbling on the end of her pen as she looked over the element she had just picked. Zinc? What was zinc in? Ooh in brass, brass was important wasn't it? Oh and it was needed for health! And it was one of the most abundant elements on earth.
Zinc can be found in fish, shellfish, meat, dairy, eggs, and fowl. Also nuts and seeds! It helps with immunity response.
That was good wasn't it? Josie hummed and left it as is. She was sure there was more but she wasn't sure how to figure out what all the numbers meant.
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2018 10:15 pm
Guess who didn't see the roll mechanic. woopse. My bad.
leon_a_darkangel generated a random number between
1 and 118 ...
82!
The periodic table made no more sense to him then it had when he'd been a small freshling. Science while foundationally solid was simply not a subject that interested him. Despite the knitting of his brow and annoyed expression, Garet refused to be left behind. He wanted to graduate..he wanted to see what life was like beyond the campus. Even if he didn't go to one of the big-name universities, maybe community college would work while gaining job experience?
All these thoughts swirled and turned over in his mind as he tapped his pencil against his textbook. There were so many damn choices, which one should he choose? Pausing as he went to tap another spot, he squinted at one the 118 different words. Ah, lead. He supposed that was fine, he didn't know much about it to be fair.
Belonging to group 14, Lead has the atomic number of 82. Appearance wise, it is a dull, silvery-grey metal. It is soft and easily worked into sheets. Lead has been mined for more than 6,000 years, and the metal and its compounds have been used throughout history. It has also been used for water pipes, coffins, pewter tableware, and to debase their silver coinage. All these uses have now been banned, replaced or discouraged as lead is known to be detrimental to health, particularly that of children. While its mining declined in the Dark Ages it reappeared in Medieval times and found new uses, such as pottery glazes, bullets, and printing type. In the last century, it was a fuel additive. Lead has been known and used for many centuries.
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leon_a_darkangel generated a random number between
1 and 118 ...
83!
Crispin yawned as he made his way into class. He had stayed up late studying for all his different classes. That and he'd also gone for a run in his newly acquired wolf shape. Even when he'd gotten back to the dorm and lied in bed, he couldn't help his mind from racing. When he finally had gotten too tired to keep up with his thoughts....he hadn't been ready for his alarm to go off.
Rubbing at one of his eyes he listened for their assignment. He really wasn't all that interested in science, but he wanted to get good grades so he could become a senior one day. Huffing he read over the textbook, before selecting an element to study.
Bismuth sure sounded like a weird name! He'd pick that one. Studying, Crispin occasionally jotted down notes. Bismuth is a chemical element with symbol Bi and atomic number 83. It belonged to group 15. Appearance wise, Bismuth is a high-density, silvery, pink-tinged metal Not only that but according to his textbook apparently, this stuff was non-toxic. Bismuth metal is also brittle and so it is usually mixed with other metals to make it useful. Its alloys with tin or cadmium have low melting points and are used in fire detectors and extinguishers, electric fuses, and solders. Bismuth oxide is also used as a yellow pigment for cosmetics and paints, while bismuth chloride oxide gives a pearly effect to cosmetics. Basic bismuth carbonate is taken in tablet or liquid form for indigestion as ‘bismuth mixture’.
Hobo Pixi generated a random number between
1 and 118 ...
37!
Jacie listened to the assignment, not at all thrilled. Research? No, please... anything but that. He looked at the text books in the shelf, getting up to select an element for him to do research on. In all honesty, he selected an element at random and brought the book back to his desk. Sitting at his desk, he opened up the book and looked through it. What in the world was Rubidium? He pulled out his notebook and started to write information down. My element is number 37 and is called Rubidium. It's abbreviation is Rb and it's atomic weight is 85.4678. It is a silvery white colored element that is soft. It is in the alkali metal group and is slightly radioactive. It can be used in fireworks to give a purple-like color and can conduct electricity. Jacie sighed, hoping that was enough information because his brain was already over loaded.
Kinley was actually a little interested in the periodic table and all the elements in it. Science was fun and chemistry was even better! Hopping down from his desk, he moved to grab one of the text books that had the elements in it. He was fine having any element, though he preferred not to have hydrogen since he knew a bit about it already. He closed his eyes and picked one at random. He looked at the results, seeing a 'W.' Turning to the page about his element, he read through it then started writing the information he found. The element that I have selected goes by the letter 'W' and is number 74. It is called Tungsten and is considered to be a fairly rare metal. It also has one of the highest melting point AND melting point on all on the periodic table, melting at 3422 °C and boiling at 5930 °C. Tungsten is 19.3 times denser than water and is on par with gold and uranium. Kinley read more about the element but decided not to add extra information in. He smiled as he read over his paper, pleased with what he collected.
Hobo Pixi generated a random number between
1 and 118 ...
25!
As soon as the class was released to start their research, Lilja moved to grab a book. Sitting at her desk, she went through the book as she tried to select an element. A smile crossed her face as she selected magnesium. She took notes of the interesting facts before starting her paper, Number 25 on the periodic table is Mn, also known as magnesium. Rather than being an actual metal, magnesium is a chemical metal which means that it is found inside other metals. It is a silvery-metallic color and is often confused with iron. Mn has the atomic weight of 54.938044 and is essential in producing iron and steel. Magnesium is also less toxic than nickel and copper but it is still considered toxic. Manganese poisoning can cause impaired motor skills and cognitive disorders; the fatal dose is about 10g. Lilja finished writing, leaning back in her seat and waiting to see what was next.
leon_a_darkangel generated a random number between
1 and 118 ...
63!
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2018 11:29 pm
April 2018
Username: leon_a_darkangel Student Name: Nova Stage: Freshling
Response:
Science was a wonderful subject, Nova absolutely adored it, in fact. The periodic table seemed like an interesting thing to learn about. The young hybrid was quick to gather up her textbook. Flipping the book open, she scanned the books table of contents. Tapping a random letter, she quickly turned to the page number. Her brows scrunched up slightly. Europium? What was that? Reading on, she began to take down notes. Europium has the symbol of Eu and its atomic number is 63. It is a moderately hard, silvery metal that tarnishes quickly and reacts with water.
Nova kept on reading about her element, learning more about science seemed like a fun idea. As much as she loved reading about the stars and studying them, she had to admit learning about the elements which made up the world was equally exciting.
