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Structure of the Atom
Students identify the location and change of the subatomic particles of an atom. They name the three subatomic particles. Students review what they can recall about subatomic particles. They are given a worksheet on the subatomic...
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Making Models of Atoms and Isotopes
In this models of atoms and isotopes worksheet, learners use marshmallow of different colors to represent the protons, neutrons and electrons in an atom. Students make models of the 3 isotopes of hydrogen. They draw a diagram of each and...
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The Modern Model of Atomic Structure
The difference between atomic mass and atomic number can be confusing for some young chemists. Help your class better understand the concepts by allowing them to sketch an atom on paper and then discuss their experience. Upon completion...
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Atoms and the Periodic Table
Familiarize your new chemists with the periodic table of elements by contemplating this collection of slides. Element groups are identified, atoms are defined, and nuclide notation is explained. Isotopes are also mentioned. The topics...
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Atomic Musical Chairs
An engaging activity enlightens young chemists in this lesson on atomic structure. They play musical chairs through a series of concentric circles that represent electon orbitals. A laundry basket in the middle holds the protons and...
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What is an Electric Charge?
In this atom activity, students read a paragraph about how atoms become positively and negatively charged. Students complete 6 short answer questions based on the reading.
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Atomic Basics
Get down to basics with these worksheets on the structure of atoms. Challenging young chemists to identify information from the periodic table and create Bohr diagrams and Lewis dot structures for different elements, this resource would...
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Atomic Structure
This is a basic presentation that can be used to introduce your budding chemists to the structure of an atom. It gives step-by-step examples of a few atoms, showing their particles as well as their chemical formulas and the associated...
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The Atom
In this atom worksheet, students read about the structure of the atom including its subatomic particles and John Dalton's theory of the atom. Students also read about the differences between atoms, molecules and compounds. They answer 30...
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Matter and Atoms
In this matter and atoms worksheet, students will fill in the number of protons, electrons, and neutrons for five different atoms. Then students will fill in the blanks of five statements with words from a word bank. Finally, students...
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What Do Atoms Look Like?
In this atomic structure worksheet, students answer eleven short answer questions about the structure of atoms including the number of protons, neutrons and electrons. Students indicate the differences in isotopes of atoms and what the...
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The Atoms Family Album
In the atom activity, students read a story about the "Atoms Family" and are given descriptions of the structures of atoms through the story. Students interpret the descriptions by drawing the described atom structure, they name of the...
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Masses of Atoms
In this masses of atoms activity, students complete a chart of 7 isotopes with their isotope symbol, atomic mass, atomic number, and the number of protons, neutrons and electrons. They calculate the average atomic mass of two elements.
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What do Atoms Look Like?
In this atom worksheet, high schoolers answer 31 multiple choice questions about the structure of atoms, the periodic table, the reactivity of elements, orbital diagrams and the families of elements.
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Atoms, Molecules, and Ions
In this molecules worksheet, students review the parts of an atom and use element mass to determine isotopes. Students give the group, period, and classification for the given elements. This worksheet has 6 short answer questions and 17...
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Atoms and Static Electricity
In this chemistry instructional activity, students learn about atoms and static electricity. They read about these topics and then use what they learned to answer the 11 questions on the page. The answers are on the last page of the packet.
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Static Electricity 1: Introducing Atoms
Students explore webpages to research the nature of atoms, including electrons, protons, and neutrons. This lesson is the first of a four-part series on static electricity. They see that static electricity involves + and - charges.
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Atom Basics Test
Simple in format and standard in content, this resource is an assessment of your beginning chemists' grasp of the atom. Using a periodic table of elements, they fill in a chart of missing chemical formulas, atomic masses, and numbers of...
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Edible Atom/Molecule
Upcoming chemists construct atom or molecule models out of candy. This is a classic idea that learners really enjoy; however, this lesson plan is vague. There is no instruction about the structure of atoms or molecules. Make sure you...
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Defining the Atom
Words, words, words! This presentation uses plenty of them to define the atom, outline the history of what we know about atoms, and explain atomic and mass numbers. That's all! Informative, but not interesting, this slide show would be...
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Building Atoms, Ions, and Isotopes HD
Atomic theory, a periodic table, and a place to practice making atom models without having to draw every proton, neutron, electron, and orbital! This resource is colorful, visually pleasing, and easy to use.
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The Atom
In this atom worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer for the structure of the atom. They include the definition of the mass number, the atomic mass, the atomic number, the protons, neutron and electrons.
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The Atom
For this atom worksheet, students complete a 3 D graphic organizer for the structure of the atom. They define atomic structure, electron cloud, proton and neutron. They cut out the terms to make flaps with definitions.
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Atom and Eve
Young scholars research and define an atom using a concept map. They design and create a model of an atom, labelling all the parts, and write a journal entry.