Transcript Several groups build an atom with

The Atom – Atom Building
Game
CPO Science
Key Questions
• What are atoms
and how are they
put together?
• What does atomic
structure have to do
with the periodic
table?
Subatomic Particles
• What three basic
particles make up all
atoms?
Subatomic Particles
• Protons
• Neutrons
• Electrons
Subatomic Particles
• The marbles represent
these particles. Can you
guess which marble
represents which
particle?
Subatomic Particles
• Now see if you can
determine which are
protons and which are
neutrons:
Building Atoms
Several groups
groups build
build an
an atom
atom
•• Several
with: 77 blues,
blues, 66 reds,
reds, 66 yellows
yellows
with:
Others build
build an
an atom
atom with:
with: 15
15
•• Others
yellows, 16
16 blues,
blues, 15
15 reds
reds
yellows,
Others build
build an
an atom
atom with
with 88
•• Others
yellows, 88 reds,
reds, and
and 99 blues
blues
yellows,
The Game of Atomic
Challenge
• 4 players or teams per board
• Each player starts with 6 blues, 5
reds, and 5 yellows in their board
pocket.
• Each player takes turns adding
marbles to the atom (up to 5 per
turn) to make real, stable atoms.
• The first player to lose all their
marbles wins!!!
Atom Building
Reminders
Building Atoms using
Nuclear Particle Cards
• Each player starts with 7 blues, 7 reds,
and 7 yellows in the board pocket.
• 4 players or teams per board
• Shuffle cards and deal 5 per player
• On each turn, play a card and add or
take particles as the card instructs
• On some turns you will score points; on
other turns you will not (you may be
blocking an opponent)
Scoring Points: If your
move…
• Creates or leaves a stable nucleus,
you score 1 point
• Creates or leaves a neutral atom,
you score 1 point
• Creates a perfect, neutral atom
with a stable nucleus, you score 3
points
• First person to 15 points wins!