Atoms

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Finn Le Sueur

2024

Mahi Tuatahi

  • Collect a periodic table
  • Glue it into your books
  • Open the First 20 Elements game on Classroom play a few of the match games!
  • We will have a competition on the “Find the Match” mode! Fastest time with 20/20 might get a reward!

Tau Iraoho / Atomic Number

  • Each element has different propertiesaf
  • What makes them different is the number of protons (atomic number) in their nucleus
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Pātai / Question

In your books, write down the atomic number (number of protons) for these elements:

  1. Hydrogen
  2. Lithium
  3. Boron
  4. Nitrogen
  5. Sodium
  6. Phosphorous

Whakatika / Answer

  1. Hydrogen \(\rightarrow\) 1
  2. Lithium \(\rightarrow\) 3
  3. Boron \(\rightarrow\) 5
  4. Nitrogen \(\rightarrow\) 7
  5. Sodium \(\rightarrow\) 11
  6. Phosphorous \(\rightarrow\) 15

Structure of Atoms

  1. Inside the atom is the nucleus
  2. The nucleus is made of protons and neutrons
  3. Around the nucleus orbits electrons
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Tākaro / Game

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