THE ATOMS FAMILY WAS CREATED BY KATHLEEN CRAWFORD
THE ATOMS FAMILY WAS CREATED BY KATHLEEN CRAWFORD, 1994 PRESENTATION DEVELOPED BY TRACY TRIMPE, 2006, HTTP: //SCIENCESPOT. NET/
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 ______, 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 ______is large like Patty, but she has a boring, flat mouth and eyes with zero expression (o). Her family is very apathetic and ______about everything. Patty, Nelda, and their sisters spend all their time at the arcade. Name: Patty Proton Description: ______ Favorite Activity: Hanging out at the Nucleus Arcade Name: Nelda Neutron Description: ______ Favorite Activity: Hanging out at the Nucleus Arcade
______the Nucleus Arcade, you will find a series of roadways that are used by another member of the Atoms Family, Enraged Elliott ______. Elliott races madly around the Arcade on his bright red chrome-plated Harley. Davidson. He rides so ______that no one can be sure where he is at any time. Elliott is much ______than Patty and Nelda and he is always angry because these bigger relatives will not let him in the Arcade. He has a frown on his face, eyes that are squinted with anger, and a very ______ (-) attitude. Name: Elliott Electron Description: _______ Favorite Activity: Racing around the arcade
The _____energy street can only hold only ______Electron brothers. The ______energy street, called the Energy Freeway, can hold _____brothers. The ______energy street, called the Energy Superhighway, can hold ______of the brothers. Energy Superhighway Can hold 18 electrons Energy Freeway Can hold 8 electrons Energy Street Can hold 2 electrons Nucleus Arcade Contains protons & neutrons
The morale of Matterville is ______as long as each ______Electron brother is ______out by one ______Proton sister. The ______of residents in Matterville depends on the ______and ______families. Challenge: What would happen to the morale of Matterville if one Elliott Electron was kidnapped?
Challenge 2: What would happen to the morale of Matterville if one Elliott Electron moved to Matterville?
They’re _____and they’re teeny, Much _____than a beany, They _____can be seeny, The _____Family.
They are so _____. (Snap, snap) They’re _____like a ball. (Snap, snap) They make up the _____. They’re _____. Can’t ______them at all. (Snap, snap)
Together they make _____, And _____like molasses, And all the _____masses, The _____Family
They are so small. (Snap, snap) They’re round like a ball. (Snap, snap) They make up the air. They’re everywhere. Can’t see them at all. (Snap, snap)
_____can be found, Where _____hang around; _____they _____ The Atoms Family.
They are so small. (Snap, snap) They’re round like a ball. (Snap, snap) They make up the air. They’re everywhere. Can’t see them at all. (Snap, snap)
1 st Verse: They’re tiny and they’re teeny, Much smaller than a beany, They never can be seeny, The Atoms Family. Chorus 3 rd Verse: Neutrons can be found, Where protons hang around; Electrons they surround The Atoms Family. Chorus 2 nd Verse: Together they make gases, And liquids like molasses, And all the solid masses, The Atoms Family Chorus: They are so small. (Snap, snap) They’re round like a ball. (Snap, snap) They make up the air. They’re everywhere. Can’t see them at all. (Snap, snap)
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The Atoms Family - Atomic Math Challenge _____Number _____ Atomic _______ protons or ________. Atomic number equals the number of _______ + ________. Atomic mass equals the number of _______
Terminology Protons: _____charged subatomic particle located _____nucleus Electron: _____charged subatomic particle located _____the nucleus Neutron: subatomic particle with _____charge located _____nucleus _____mass as a proton
Terminology Atomic _____: the number of _____in an atom Same _____of protons and electrons Atomic _____: the number of protons _____the number of neutrons
Atom: _______piece of matter (**Building block of _______(matter)) _______letter ____subscripts Make up ELEMENTS C= _______ H= Hydrogen O= Oxygen N= _______ P= phosphorus He= Helium
Molecule: _______of ______or ______atoms (______substance) Two or more atoms 2 or more ______letters ____ O 2 = Oxygen Molecule H 2 O = Water Molecule CO 2 = Carbon Dioxide C 6 H 12 O 6 = Glucose
Compounds Compound: ____of _____or _____different atoms. 2 or more _______atoms _____different _______letters H 2 O = water CO 2 = carbon dioxide C 6 H 12 O 6 = glucose
How are they organized? Atom: ______piece of matter Molecule: combination of ______or more atoms (pure substance) Compound: combination of two or more ______atoms.
Assignment: Use the assigned elements to find the atomic #, mass, # of protons, # of neutrons, and # of electrons for each.
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