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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix: Build Some Helium: Atoms to Molecules

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Build your own helium atom and make sure it has the correct number of protons, electrons, and neutrons on this site. Site also includes a small quiz on the topic.
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PPT
Tom Richey

Slide Share: Atomic Structure

For Students 9th - 10th
Slideshow looking at the history of models of the atom, including those proposed by John Dalton, J.J. Thomson, Ernest Rutherford, Niels Bohr, and James Chadwick. Discusses subatomic particles, including the numbers of protons, neutrons,...
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Atom and Ion Builder

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore how changing the numbers of protons, neutrons, and electrons affect the type of atom.
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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...
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Website
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: La Aventura De Las Particulas

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the fundamentals of particles and forces with this site. Explore the paths that explain matter in the universe.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Atomic Nucleus

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses the nucleus of an atom and what holds it together.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Isotopes: Lesson 9

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will define an isotope and explain what happens if the number of neutrons in an atom changes. It is 9 of 9 in the series titled "Isotopes."
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Isotopes: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will define an isotope and explain what happens if the number of neutrons in an atom changes. It is 1 of 9 in the series titled "Isotopes."
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Science for Kids: The Atom

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn more about the science of the atom. Electrons, neutrons, and protons make up the smallest bits of matter.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Element Math

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart students determine the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons of elements essential to life. They use Activotes to check knowledge gained. Students create a Bohr Model.
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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.
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Article
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Structure of an Atom

For Students 2nd - 8th
An atom is made of three parts - protons, neutrons, and electrons. Here you can explore these different parts.
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Quia

Quia: Mr. Snyder's Game of Atomic Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
A short matching quiz on basic terminology related to atomic structure. Answers provided.
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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: University of Colorado: Build and Atom

For Students 9th - 10th
Build an atom out of protons, neutrons, and electrons, and see how the element, charge, and mass change. Then play a game to test how the ideas work!
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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Build an Atom

For Students 9th - 10th
Build an atom out of protons, neutrons, and electrons, and see how the element, charge, and mass change. Then play a game to test your ideas!
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Atomic Model Construction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students create models of atoms then compare the various aspects of the atoms including; relative size, charge, positions of subatomic particles, and identity of the atom based on proton, neutron, and electrons with the class.
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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...
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Handout
Other

Fermilab: Hyperons & Neutrinos

For Students 9th - 10th
The third paragraph pinpoints the importance of hyperons in particle research. Hyperons and neutrinos share characteristics of the weak force. Complex stuff, but the real deal. Parts of this report may be very useful. Many photos, slow...
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Lesson Plan
American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Periodic Table

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the periodic table and learn the basic information given for elements: the name, symbol, atomic number, and atomic mass for each element.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Structure of the Atom

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students learn about the important discoveries of subatomic particles, and how they led to our current understanding of the atom.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Nuclear Physics and Elementary Particles

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive unit will take students up close and personal with the nuclei of atoms as they discover some of their more intimate process. These will include radioactive decay, nuclear fission, and nuclear fusion.
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Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Interactives: The Periodic Table

For Students 6th - 9th
An interactive website where students learn about the basics of an atom, periodic tables organization, and the structure and properties of matter. Module includes an introduction and five lessons that are followed by a quiz and an...
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Atomic Structure

For Students 9th - 10th
Introduces learners to atomic models of the past and present, focusing on the orbital model and an explanation of its basis. Learners then have the opportunity to "make an atom" and contrast it with an ion, followed by an isotope. The...
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Unit Plan
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: How Does an Object Become Charged?

For Students 9th - 10th
Activity 1 in this module: What is the effect of changing the composition of an atom? Since all atoms contain protons, neutrons, and electrons, what makes one element different from another is examined.

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