Structure of the Atom Standard Grade Chemistry Topic

Structure of the Atom Standard Grade Chemistry Topic 3

Learning outcomes Understand the structure of an atom. Success criteria You can name three main particles that make up an atom. You can describe the location of each of these particles. You can state the charge of each of these particles. You can state the mass of each of these particles. You can draw a labelled diagram to show the basic structure of an atom, including all of the above information.

Learning outcomes Understand why atoms are neutral. Success criteria You can describe why atoms are neutral, including the charges, names and relative number of the two relevant atomic particles in your answer.

Key questions • How big are atoms? • How do we know what happens look like? • How long have we known what atoms look like? • Why should we care what atoms look like?

Particle Location Charge Mass

Learning outcomes Understand the structure of an atom. Success criteria You can name three main particles that make up an atom. You can describe the location of each of these particles. You can state the charge of each of these particles. You can state the mass of each of these particles. You can draw a labelled diagram to show the basic structure of an atom, including all of the above information.

Learning outcomes Understand why atoms are neutral. Success criteria You can describe why atoms are neutral, including the charges, names and relative number of the two relevant atomic particles in your answer.