Subatomic Particles Foldable

My physical scientific discipline students are starting our maiden of all unit of measurement that addresses the periodic table. I decided to boot off this unit of measurement yesteryear reviewing the iii types of subatomic particles. This is a review for all of my students, too thence I decided to role it equally a way to approximate how much they recall from their middle schoolhouse scientific discipline classes. Given the names of the iii subatomic particles, I challenged them to plough over me the particles, location, mass, too charge.

This is a four-flap foldable, but I had my students cutting off the maiden of all flap to disclose the title, "Subatomic Particles."

When I asked my students where the protons were located, several students suggested "center" or "middle." I was VERY shocked when they couldn't come upwardly up amongst the give-and-take "nucleus." I fifty-fifty gave them the maiden of all alphabetic quality equally a hint. Nope. Nothing.

Then, in that place was the pupil that told me a proton weighed a pound. Yup. A pound. When I said that was incorrect, some other pupil offered the response of a gram. No again. The volume of a paperclip is only about a gram. A proton is MUCH smaller than that. This led to talking well-nigh how atoms too protons are on such a pocket-sized scale than anything nosotros tin easily stair out the volume of. If I'd been on my game, I would create got given them a conversion constituent to relate atomic volume units to grams!

After discussing the fact that a proton has a accuse of positive one, a pupil suggested that an electron must create got a accuse of 0. Of course, some other pupil piped inward that it made to a greater extent than feel to think that a NEUTron would create got a accuse of 0. This reminds me only how of import it is to emphasize source words too suffixes too prefixes inward science. At the real start of the lesson, I asked them to part equally many "sub" words equally they could inward guild to assist us brand feel of what it way to endure "subatomic." I recall having to create got a weekly prefix/suffix quiz when I studied biological scientific discipline inward high school. Maybe I should create something of the form amongst my physical scientific discipline students... (Could in all likelihood role this equally an chance to brand some to a greater extent than posters for my classroom, too!)

Another interesting conversation that happened equally a result of this foldable regarded the volume of an electron. One pupil guessed that an electron had a volume that was one-half of a proton. Nope, smaller. One fourth? Smaller. One eighth? Smaller. One sixteenth? Smaller. At this point, I told her that we'd endure hither for days if nosotros kept it upwardly at that rate. I was only going to spoil the beans too say them.

Enough rambling...Here's the link to download the file for this foldable. The font is Wellfleet.