Atoms and Elements
What are atoms?
What do they look like?
What are they made of?
What properties do they have?
What are elements?
How could you see the shape of something too small to see?
The next unit investigates the building blocks of matter and corresponds to pages 119-157 in the text. Obviously there can be tremendous depth at the atomic level. We will strive to understand the basic building blocks of atoms (protons, neutrons, and electrons) and how they affect the atom's properties like reactivity, radioactivity, conductivity, etc.
Are you ready for the test?
What is an atom?
How do we know its shape if we have not seen one?
Describe the subatomic particals (protons, neutrons, and electrons).
Draw and label an atom of based on the info on the table of elements.
Which elements are more reactive? Which are really stable?
Which are the lightest? Which are the heaviest?
What is an ion?
What is an isotope?