Model Atom blog

 aim: to make a model atom

method:

1. choose an atom to make (one between hydrogen and neon)
2. work out how many protons, neutrons and electrons it has.
3. assign protons and neutrons to a particular colour bead.
4. get a ball of blue tac and stick the protons and neutrons to this to make your nucleus.
5. cut out the appropriate electron shells and draw on the electrons with vivid.
6. connect the nucleus and electron shells with a piece of string
7. create a label to go above the model so people know what you have created.

results: i dont have hotspot so no photos for youuuuuuuuuuuuu

discussion:(explain what you made)

• atomic number is 2,mass number is 4
• protons is 2,neutrons is 2,electrons is 2
• electron arrangement is 2 in the first ring
• 2 facts about your atom 

-helium is a chemical element with a symbol 

-helium is the most common element 

• did it work? i guess so
• what would you do differently? not use heaps of blue tac