What questions did you need to research in order to create your sway? 

In order to create my sway, I had to research specific questions in order to find the information I was looking for, but not questions so specific that there wouldn’t be multiple reputable sources of information that I could cross verify. Some of my searches were: 

• What are the atomic proprieties of Neodymium? 
• Neodymium NFPA 704 fire diamond 
• What are the usages of neodymium? 
• How was neodymium discovered? 
• When was neodymium isolated? 

These searches gave me multiple results of factual sources that I could cross verify to make sure my information was as correct as possible. 

What new or familiar digital tools did you try to use as you worked through this project? 

The new tools I used as I worked through this project were EasyBib, Creative Commons photos, Pexels and Google Scholar. All these new tools helped me make my bibliography, helped me find reusable photos that I had permission to use, and helped me find information that I could easily cite from reputable sources. Some of the tools I used that I was already familiar with were Google Search, Sway, and Word. 

What was the process you used to investigate the topic?  

The process I used to investigate the topic consisted of using all my tools available to me and 1 by 1 going down the criteria sheet and finding credible information about each criterion, and then cross-checking that with another source. I used detailed questions in order to get the sources that I was searching for. 

How did you verify and cite the information you found?  

I verified the information I found via cross-checking it with other reputable sources. For example, RSC, Chemicool and Britannica all gave me the scientific proprieties of my element, and I crossed checked all of them (melting/boiling points, protons/neutrons, atomic mass, periodic table symbol). 

How did the process of completing this challenge go? What could you have done better? 

The process of completing this challenge went relatively smoothly. It was time-consuming, but overall, it was pretty easy as the tools I had available let me flow through the project with ease and find good scholarly articles and reusable photos. I do think given more time I could’ve found more photos to include in my project that were copyright-free.