ATOM AND ATOMIC THEORY LAB PROJECT – ADOPT AN ELEMENT
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Go to the following web site: http://education.jlab.org/
Click on Student Zone…
Click on “All About Atoms”. Read and answer the following questions on the other side.
After completing these questions, go to “STUDENT ZONE”, select “ELEMENT MATH
GAME”.
Select 20 questions and be sure all items are checked (protons, neutrons, electrons, and
nucleons) and also check NO for rounding.
Click on “I’m Ready, Let’s Start!”
Answer the 20 questions. Click on check my answer each time. Select on next question.
When you are finished with all questions, click on done and RAISE YOUR HAND to
show ME your scores. If you are not happy with your scores, you may take the quiz
again and replace the previous score, but you need to show me the score first.
Click on Student Zone again to get back to main screen after scores are recorded or quiz
is taken again.
9. Click on Table of Elements and click on the element you have chosen for your project to
get more information about your element. Complete the information sheet for the
project. Research other information about your element such as http://sciencespot.net .
Go to the Kid Zone, then choose chemistry links for additional resources about your
element/atom.
10. Work on writing a slogan or acrostic about your element.
11. If time, go to http://education.jlab.org and select “STUDENT ZONE”, select
“ELEMENT FLASH CARD”. Click on more options, then select 40 questions, chemical
name & symbols, “yes” to required chemical symbols be capitalized, check “strange
symbols”, “alkali metals, noble gases, alkaline earth, 1st 36 elements, halogens, and then
add Cd, Pt, Bi, and U. Take off #118 Uuo. Practice these for quiz on Monday.
12. If you finish all parts of your project early, you may read more information on how
scientists get to the atom and experiments related to the atomic or play any of the element
games on the kid zones (after obtaining permission from teacher that you really have
finished.
ALL ABOUT ATOMS - QUESTIONS
1. What are the basic building blocks of matter?
2. How many natural occurring atoms are there?
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What part of the atom has a positive charge?
What part of the atom has a neutral or no charge?
What part of the atom has a negative charge?
Where are positive, neutral, and negative charges located within the atom?
CLICK ON “FUN FACTS” (not exit yet)
7. What 2 atomic structures have about the same mass (1 Atomic Mass Unit)?
8. Why aren’t electrons included in the atomic mass?
9. What is always true about an atom of the same element? (Hint: It has the same number
of what?)
10. What do we call elements with the same number of protons but different numbers of
neutrons?
11. Are there other parts of the atom other than electron, proton, and neutron? If so, name at
least one of these other parts.
EXIT THE “ALL ABOUT ATOMS”
Interactive periodic tables and reference web sites for adopt an element project research:
Fact Monster – facts…
http://www.factmonster.com/periodictable.php
Chemical Elements - good on facts – good for showing Bohr model and isotopes…
http://metalprices.com/ (good for current prices on metals)
http://chemicalelements.com/
Los Alamos Laboratory – good for showing some of the costs plus other facts…
http://periodic.lanl.gov/default.htm
Kid Zone Periodic Table – good place to start…
http://sciencespot.net
JEFFERSON LABS
Basic location to complete 2 quizzes: math quiz on atomic number & atomic mass (weight)
AND element flash card activity…
http://education.jlab.org
Periodic Table at Jefferson Labs
http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/
Web Elements – good for description and uses…
http://www.webelements.com/
Periodic Table with pictures – good for pictures of pure substance and compounds or
items made with these elements…
http://www.periodictable.com/index.html
ChemCool Site – good for facts but also some video connections for presentations…
http://www.chemicool.com/
Good for health and environmental effects as well as basic facts…
http://www.lenntech.com/periodic-chart.htm
http://chemnetbase.com/periodic_table/per_table.html