*Place the title and date at the top of your paper. Place an “S” in the margin of your paper then answer the prompt in a complete sentence.

S: Think of something that is made up of smaller parts. Describe it and how its parts help it exist. For example, a cake is made up flour, eggs, sugar which help give the cake its sweetness and bread like qualities.

09.04.12 Atomic Word Wall

•How large do you think atoms are?• 0.00000002 centimeters wide• 2 hundred millionths of a centimeter

P: Size of an Atom

• Cut your 2 cm x 2 cm square into 10 equal pieces

• Now, cut that piece into 10 more equal pieces

• Try to cut that piece into 10 more pieces

A: Visual Model

0.002 cm

How many more times would we have to cut it into 10 pieces before we would have the size of an atom, 0.00000002 cm?

6 More Times!

Is it possible?

C: Word Wall/GlossaryChoose 3 of these words. Using the textbook, write the word on the front of each paper strip along with a visual representation of the word. Write the definition on the back.

• Atom• Subatomic Particle• Proton• Electron• Neutron• Valence Electron• Electron Cloud• Nucleus

•E: Use 5 vocabulary words to describe what you learned about an atom.

*Place the title and date at the top of your paper. Place an “S” in the margin of your paper then answer the prompt in a complete sentence.

S: What arethe 3subatomicparticles that make up anatom?

09.05.12 Atomic Structure

Neutron, Proton, and Electron

•E: Think of a way to remember each subatomic particle. For example, P.E.N. = proton, electron, neutron

*Place the title and date at the top of your paper. Place an “S” in the margin of your paper then answer the prompt in a complete sentence.

S:Describe this imageand explainwhat itrepresents.

09.06.12 Parts of an Atom

P: Bill Nye Video on Atoms

• Draw the atom and label the particles correctly based on their charge.

A: Diagram of an Atom

Proton

NeutronElectron

Nucleus

C: Explain the relationship between the following in an

atom:

• Proton and Neutron

__________________________________________

• Proton and Electron

__________________________________________

Located in the nucleus and determine the mass of an atom.

Number of protons equal

number of electrons.

•E: Why is it important to know the structure of an atom? Are all atoms the same?

S: What is the majority

of an atom made up of?

Think of…

9.07.12 – Atoms Analogy

*Place the title and date at the top of your paper. Place an “S” in the margin of your paper then answer the prompt in a complete sentence.

P: The Atoms Family Story• In the center of Matterville, there is a

place called the Nucleus Arcade, where two members of the Atoms Family like to hang out. Perky Patty Proton, like her sisters, is quite large with a huge smile and eyes that sparkle (+). Patty is always happy and has a very positive personality. Nerdy Nelda Neutron is large like Patty, but she has a boring, flat mouth and eyes with zero expression (o). Her family is very apathetic and neutral about everything. Patty, Nelda, and their sisters spend all their time at the arcade.

• Name: • atty Proton

• Description:• Positive

• Favorite Activity:• Hanging out at the Nucleus Arcade

• Name: • Nelda Neutron

• Description:• Neutral

• Favorite Activity:• Hanging out at the Nucleus

Arcade

P: The Atoms Family Story

P: The Atoms Family Song

Think of “The Atoms Family”

story, ID cards, and song…

C: Create your own story, ID cards or song of the structure of an atom

Neutrons can be found,Where protons hang around;Electrons they surroundThe Atoms Family.

E: Draw a representation of an atom using

Matterville. Label and show location of protons, neutrons, electrons and nucleus.