Matter & The Atom CHMS, 2011

Matter The term matter describes all of the physical substances around us: your table, your body, a pencil, water, etc.

Matter Anything that has mass and takes up space (has volume) It can be a solid, liquid, or gas. Made up of different kinds of atoms Everything is either matter or energy

Matter is made of atoms

Models In the case of atoms, scientists use large models to explain something that is very small . Atoms are so small, it would take about 1,000,000 lined up in a row to equal the thickness of a human hair. Models of the atom were used to explain data or facts that were gathered experimentally.

Discovery Education Video Clip-Click Here Atomic Structure Discovery Education Video Clip-Click Here

Basic Atomic Structure Video Clip-Click Here Protons and neutrons are in the nucleus of the atom. Protons have a positive charge and neutrons have no charge. Electrons travel on rings around the nucleus. They have a negative charge. Basic Atomic Structure Video Clip-Click Here

A Look Ahead in Science 6th grade learning 7th grade learning Atoms are the building blocks of matter. Cells are the building blocks of life.

Heat When molecules of any kind of atoms get more energy in them than they had before, they move faster, and we call that "heat". When the molecules move faster, they hit against each other and bounce apart, and so they end up further apart from each other than they were before. Things are hot if their molecules are moving quickly, and cold if their molecules are moving more slowly. Temperature is a way of measuring how fast the molecules are moving. Click Here to watch the Ball and Ring Heat Demonstration

Click Here to watch a fun song of all the elements Atoms of the same element are all alike, but are different from atoms of other elements.

Compounds When elements combine, they form compounds Water is a compound. It’s chemical formula is H2O. That means that one water molecule is made up of 2 hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom.

Click Here to hear the MEET THE ELEMENTS song Here is a model of a compound. It is sugar. C6H12O6 Click Here to hear the MEET THE ELEMENTS song

Still confused. Maybe the story of The Atoms Family will help you Still confused? Maybe the story of The Atoms Family will help you. Just keep clicking!

The Atoms Family 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 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: Patty Proton Description: Positive Favorite Activity: Hanging out at the Nucleus Arcade Name: Nelda Neutron Description: Neutral Favorite Activity: Hanging out at the Nucleus Arcade

Around the Nucleus Arcade, you will find a series of roadways that are used by another member of the Atoms Family, Enraged Elliott Electron. Elliott races madly around the Arcade on his bright red chrome-plated Harley-Davidson. He rides so fast that no one can be sure where he is at any time. Elliott is much smaller 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 negative (-) attitude. Name: Elliott Electron Description: Negative Favorite Activity: Racing around the arcade

The first energy street can only hold only two Electron brothers The first energy street can only hold only two Electron brothers. The second energy street, called the Energy Freeway, can hold 8 brothers. The third energy street, called the Energy Superhighway, can hold 18 of the brothers. Matterville Energy Superhighway Can hold 18 electrons Energy Freeway Can hold 8 electrons Nucleus Arcade Contains protons & neutrons Energy Street Can hold 2 electrons

The morale of Matterville is stable as long as each negative Electron brother is balanced out by one positive Proton sister. The number of residents in Matterville depends on the Proton and Neutron 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 tiny and they’re teeny, Much smaller than a beany, 1st Verse: They’re tiny and they’re teeny, Much smaller than a beany, They never can be seeny, The Atoms Family. Chorus 2nd Verse: Together they make gases, And liquids like molasses, And all the solid masses, The Atoms Family 3rd Verse: Neutrons can be found, Where protons hang around; Electrons they surround The Atoms Family. Chorus Chorus: They are so small. (Snap, snap) They’re round like a ball. They make up the air. They’re everywhere. Can’t see them at all. Click here for a video of a class singing the song.

They’re tiny and they’re teeny, Much smaller than a beany, They never can be seeny, The Atoms Family.

They’re round like a ball. They make up the air. They’re everywhere. They are so small. (Snap, snap) They’re round like a ball. They make up the air. They’re everywhere. Can’t see them at all.

Together they make gases, And liquids like molasses, And all the solid masses, The Atoms Family

They’re round like a ball. They make up the air. They’re everywhere. They are so small. (Snap, snap) They’re round like a ball. They make up the air. They’re everywhere. Can’t see them at all.

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

They’re round like a ball. They make up the air. They’re everywhere. They are so small. (Snap, snap) They’re round like a ball. They make up the air. They’re everywhere. Can’t see them at all.

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The Atoms Family - Atomic Math Challenge Atomic Number Symbol Name Atomic Mass protons electrons Atomic number equals the number of ____________ or ________________. protons neutrons Atomic mass equals the number of ______________ + _______________.