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Audrey Kompter, St. David Catholic Secondary School, 蓝莓视频, Ontario
For my tile I selected the element nihonium. It鈥檚 the first element discovered in, and named for, an Asian country. To honour this I鈥檝e included symbols of Japan throughout the painting including koi fish, cherry blossoms, the flag and 鈥淛apan鈥� in Japanese. The red circle in the middle mimics Japan鈥檚 flag and represents 鈥渢he rising sun鈥� (the literal definition of Japan), and the cherry blossom and koi fish are national symbols of the country. There is still little known about the element but it is said to be radioactive and likely a white/grey metallic colour; therefore, I created the explosive metallic coloured background.
[Audrey鈥檚 tile is our first entry to the Periodic Table Project New Elements contest. All students are welcome to participate 鈥� encourage your grade 9 students as well.]听听 听
