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.  




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