This document discusses several common elements and compounds found in everyday life, including their uses and importance. Calcium is important for bone structure and making cheese. Oxygen is essential for breathing and combustion. Carbon is the basis of all life on Earth and found in diamonds and plastics. Copper is used in wiring and helps absorb iron in the body. The document prompts the reader to research and illustrate the uses of 5 additional elements or compounds.

1. Chemistry in Everyday
Elements
Chemistry is much more than experiments in a
laboratory….Every day your life is affected by chemistry and its
elements.

2. Calcium- Ca
› Animal Skeleton rigidity
› Used to make cheese

3. Oxygen O
› People and animals need it to breath
› Fires cannot burn without it

4. Carbon C
› All living things contain Carbon (Carbon based
life forms on Earth)
› Diamonds are a form of carbon
› Plastics can contain carbon

5. Copper Cu
› Electrical wiring
› In your body, helps with the absorption of IRON
› Mixed w/ zinc to make brass

6. Carbon Dioxide CO2
› Waste Product of breathing
› Plants need CO2 for Photosynthesis
› Fire extinguishers and carbonated drinks
contain CO2

7. Water H2O
› People, animals and plants need water to live
› Used for travel, energy, shipping, recreation &
more
› On average, 72% of your body is water

8. Silver (Ag) & Gold (Au)
› Jewelry
› Electrical Equipment
› Coins

9. Helium He
› Balloons Float
› Helium is used to cool superconducting magnets
in MRI scanners
› Helium is used to condense hydrogen and
oxygen to make rocket fuel

10. Sodium Na
› Essential element of life (electrolyte)
› Molten (liquid) sodium is used as a
coolant in many nuclear reactors
› Cooking
› Sodium vapor lamps (often used in street
lights) are a very efficient way of
producing light from electricity. These
lamps give off a very distinctive yellow-
orange color.

11. Sugar C12H22O11
› In many food we eat
› Plants produce glucose (C6H12O6) a for of
sugar for energy and food
› Homemade body scrub

12. Now it’s Your Turn
› Find the USES of 5 different elements or compounds
› Record a minimum of 3 uses
› Find a picture to either draw, clip or print out to
represent your element or compound
› Use your Periodic Table and Internet as resources.