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Museum of Science

The Atoms Family: Spectroscope of an Atom

For Students 9th - 10th
"The Phantom has provided you with a simulated spectroscopy of an Atom! Amuse the Phantom by observing the spectroscope and you'll learn more about the Atom." Observe and review the structure of the atom.
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Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Jefferson Lab: Reading Passages: Looking for Quarks Inside the Atom

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Read and fill in the blanks of this passage explaining quarks inside the atom. Each blank has a dropdown menu with choices. When you finish, click CHECK MY ANSWERS. If you pick a wrong answer, the right answer will be displayed along...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Atomic Nucleus

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The nucleus of an atom and what holds it together.
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Structure of an Atom

For Students 9th - 10th
Observe the probable location of electrons around an atom. Trace the electrons over time to draw conclusions about where electrons are likely to be found around an atom's nucleus. How does the trace pattern relate to the electron cloud...
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Atomic Structure

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a look at the parts of an atom and learn about its properties.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: The Atom: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will illustrate that an atom is mostly empty space and has a positively charged, massive core (containing both protons and neutrons called the nucleus) surrounded by negatively charged electrons. It is 2 of 3 in the series...
Handout
Upper Canada District School Board

Tom Stretton's Chemistry Pages: The Nucleus

For Students 9th - 10th
This online slide show presents the basic ideas behind the structure of the atomic nucleus.
Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: What Makes Up an Atom?

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the structure of an atom and the characteristics of the electrons, neutrons, and protons inside it. Includes some interesting facts about atoms.
Handout
Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids: Atoms: Neutrons

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students will find an explanation of the neutron particle located inside the atom's nucleus. Website also defines isotopes and the process of radioactive decay.
Handout
Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids: Atoms: Orbitals

For Students 3rd - 8th
The website provides an explanation of the electrons' position in their orbitals as they spin around the nucleus. Quantum theory is also explored by explaining that the exact location of a specific electron is a not exact but a guess.
eBook
Other

Atoms in Motion: Atoms and Ions

For Students 9th - 10th
All matter is made of atoms! And atoms are made of even smaller more fundamental particles. Atoms are not shiny little rigid spheres as we depict in drawings and simulations; they're more like a squishy storm of tiny particles swirling...
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Discovery of the Electron and Nucleus

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Thomson's cathode ray experiment and the plum pudding model and Rutherford's gold foil experiment.
Unit Plan
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: The Particle Adventure

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit this site for an interactive tour of the atom and all aspects of particle physics. View the animations available with almost every description on this site. A great place for the fundamentals of particles and forces including a...
eBook
Physics4kids

Physics4 Kids: Modern Physics: Looking at the Nucleus

For Students 6th - 8th
Explains basic information about the nucleus of an atom.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Rutherford's Atomic Model

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Rutherford's discovery of the nucleus and his planetary model of the atom.
Unit Plan
Other

Particle Adventure Dutch Version

For Students 9th - 10th
Dutch version of the well-known "Particle Adventure" physics website that teaches students about atoms, mass, particle physics, and quantum physics. The site discusses theories related to physics and provides other links related to the...
Unit Plan
University of Alberta

The University of Alberta: Nmr Spectroscopy

For Students 9th - 10th
1HNMR theory begins in the nucleus of hydrogen. Complete this tutorial on the 1HNMR spectrum graph to learn about the number of equivalent hydrogens, b) the chemical environment of each hydrogen type and c) the number of neighbouring...
Lesson Plan
American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Periodic Table and Energy Level Models

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students interpret the information given in the periodic table to describe the arrangement of electrons on the energy levels around an atom.
Lesson Plan
American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Protons, Neutrons, and Electrons

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Investigate why a charged object is attracted or repelled by another charged object. Explore the concept that the attraction between positive protons and negative electrons holds an atom together.
Lesson Plan
American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Energy Levels, Electrons, and Covalent Bonding

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students discover the concept that two atoms can attract and form a covalent bond.
Lesson Plan
American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Energy Levels, Electrons, Ionic Bonding

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students discover that ionic bonding occurs when electrons are transferred from one atom to the other and not shared as in covalent bonding.
Handout
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: Nuclear Energy: Fission/fusion

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a definition and explanation of fission, the splitting of a heavy nucleus into two roughly equal parts, and fusion, the process where two nuclei combine together to form a larger nucleus.
Graphic
Curated OER

The History and Technical Facts of the Atom

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal page describes the history and technical facts of the atom, including the nucleus, nucleons, the Bohrs atom, the electron, and more.
Graphic
Curated OER

The History and Technical Facts of the Atom

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal page describes the history and technical facts of the atom, including the nucleus, nucleons, the Bohrs atom, the electron, and more.

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