1. Alkaline Earth Metals Family
Kristen Rivera

2. symbol
beryllium
magnesium
calcium
strontium
barium
radium

3. Beryllium Beryllium was born in 1798, in France.
Beryllium is so sweet.
Beryllium is very bright and shines like a star.

4. Magnesium Magnesium was born in 1755.
Magnesium's father was a chemist named Joseph Black.
When Magnesium gets mad he explodes.
Magnesium is very bright. He could cause eye damage.

5. Calcium Calcium was born in 1808.
Calcium's father is “Sir Humphry Davy”

6. Strontium was born in 1790.
Strontium’s father is Adair Crawford.
Strontium is soft and cuddly.
Strontium likes watching television
Strontium wants to be a dentist

7. Barium Barium nickname is curiosity. Barium likes to work with poison.
Barium is soft.

8. Radium Radium was born on 1898 in Paris.
We adopted him from Maria S. Curie and her husband Pierre.
Radium loves the song radioactive.
Radium likes to glow in the dark.