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My element- plutonium

The link: https://sway.office.com/GYEu8C1QVDFBngCU?ref=Link

 

I asked the following questions:

Is plutonium dangerous? If so, how?

What is alpha decaying’s connection to plutonium?

What is plutonium’s connection to uranium?

Why is plutonium basically man-made?

Due to plutonium’s past is it legal?

 

I used the following tools:

Bing

Google chrome

Gale databases

Citation machine

 

How I investigated my topic:

I prepared questions in advance that I answered in my sway. Asking these questions allowed me to research further and learn more about the topic than I could have without them. Another way I investigated this topic was with the research I did in class when we formed our element cubes.

 

Analyzing my data:

By using many different tools and knowing what was said on many different websites, I was able to know what was true or not. I also used the website citation machine to check and see if my sources were valid. Which allowed me to confirm my data.

 

Assessing my work:

I really like this project. It was challenging but I learned a lot of new things by using different search engines and asking deep questions about the topic. In order for me to have done better on this assignment, I think I could have asked more “why” based questions. Asking these types of questions usually leads to deeper answers. Another thing is to not have procrastinated the assignment. But overall it was an enjoyable learning experience.

 

 

 

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