Name __________________________________________ Date ____________ Class Period _____

Ingredient Labels ProjectObjectives: To identify the various ionic and molecular compounds found in processed food, cosmetics, and cleaning products. To correctly name and write the chemical formulas of ionic and molecular compounds. To determine the use of chemicals in everyday life

Directions:1) You will need to find 5 compounds from the labels of everyday products. Each of your compounds

must be from a different product!. Sometimes, products are listed by an industry name; in this case you can use a database like ChemSpider.com to find out what the chemical formula is.

2) Look at the labels of various products (ideas: prepared foods like mac & cheese, canned soup, ice cream, cereal or cake mix; toiletries like perfume, deodorant, hair gel or toothpaste; cleaning products like detergents, soaps, or floor wax) for ionic or molecular compound names that you recognize from class (for example: calcium chloride, sodium sulfate, sulfur dioxide, etc.). If you are looking at a label and cannot find a compound that you recognize, find another label! See the attached polyatomic ion list to help you.

3) Cut the label off of the product, or if you cannot do this, take a picture of the label and put all 5 labels into one Microsoft Word document. You will need to staple your 5 labels to your project, have the pictures printed to turn in with your project, or upload the project into Focus to contain the pictures of the labels.

4) Use the table provided. You can find a copy of this assignment on my website, open the project in a separate window and type right into the document. This must be typed!

5) Use credible internet sources (check out ChemSpider.com and/or https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

6) Fill in the rest of the information about the compound on the table:a) Determine the chemical formula of the compoundb) Indicate whether it is an ionic or molecular (covalently bonded) compoundc) Report the physical and chemical properties of the substance (what does it look like, is it a solid

or liquid, does it react with anything, etc.)d) Report how the chemical is used in your product or similar products (is it a preservative, an

additive, a flavor enhancer, etc.)e) Report the risks and benefits of the chemical to human health and/or the environment

7) Keep track of the sources that you use for your information by creating a Works Cited. Your citations should be in MLA format in alphabetical order. To help you create the citations and bibliography, use the Microsoft Word tool. Here is a tutorial if you are not familiar with the software: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnVq_BpwP2E

8) After completing your table, answer the following reaction questions underneath your table or on a separate sheet of paper / slide.

a) What do you know or what are you aware of after doing this activity that you did not know or were not aware of before?

b) After researching the chemicals in each product, do the risks outweigh the benefits for using these products? Will you continue to use these products?

9) Make sure you give your table/document a title. Also make sure that your name is on your document. To submit you project, you can either print your document and staple your product labels to it, or you can add the pictures of your product labels to the document and share the whole document with the teacher via FocusRemember:

• Do not forget to include the product labels when you turn in your table!• Please DO NOT use table salt (NaCl) as one of your compounds because it was already used as an

example.• You must include a list of the sources that you used.

Grading Rubric

Criteria Points Possible

Points Earned / Comments

Table title 1

5 product labels stapled to document or shared via Microsoft Office Word

5

Chemical names written correctly 5

Chemical formulas written correctly 5

Identified as ionic or molecular compounds 5

Physical and chemical properties described 5

Uses of the chemicals included 5

(8.) Risks and benefits of the chemicals included

10

(8.) Reaction questions answered thoughtfully 10

Sources cited in proper MLA, alphabetical format

4

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