Aim: The aim is to be able to make an atom.
Equipment: Paper, Scissors, Blue tack, Strings, Beads, and Tape
Method: First we gathered all our materials such as paper, scissors, blue tack, strings, beads, and tape.
Then we drew a big and small circle on the paper.
After that, we cut each circle carefully.
And then we drew out the dots on the paper to represent the electrons.
We then put the string through the blue tack and stick the beads on the sides of the blue tack.
Finally, we taped the strings on the rings so we can hang them.
Result:
For this experiment, I have chosen Nitrogen because I think nitrogen is really cool. Nitrogen has 7 electrons, 7 protons and 7 neutrons. In the very centre of the atom, there is a nucleus and on the first layer of the atom, there are 2 electrons because that is the maximum amount of electrons it can have. On the second layer, there are five electrons because Nitrogen only has a total of 7 electrons.
The mass number of Nitrogen is 14 and the atomic number is 7. These numbers mean the number of atomic numbers representing the number of protons found in the nucleus of a single atom of the element. The atomic number also tells you how many electrons there are in the energy levels around the nucleus. The mass number tells you the total amount of the number of particles, protons plus neutrons, found in the nucleus of an atom.
Facts about Nitrogen, nitrogen is an odourless, tasteless, and colourless element. Nitrogen also makes up half of the gas in the atmosphere.
Nitrogen has N14 and N15 as its Isotopes. Isotopes is the element containing the same amount of protons but different amounts of neutrons.
Overall this activity was fun and the atom that we made has luckily worked. I think next time we do this again I think I will try and make a bigger one because the one that I made was a bit small.