Model Atom

 Aim: To make a model atom

Method:

1. Choose an atom to make(one between Hydrogen and Neon)
2. Work out how many protons, neutrons and electrons it has.
3. Assign protons and neutrons to a particular colour bead.
4. Get a ball of blue tack and stick the protons and neutrons to this to make your nucleus.
5. Cut out the appropriate electrons shells and draw on the electrons with vivid. 
6. Connect the nucleus and the electrons shells with a piece of string.
7. Create a label to go above the model so people know what you have created.  

Results(pic): 

Discussion:  My discussion about the model atom is that I chose to do Carbon. Carbon represents C in the periodic table and common ion. Before I have made the Model atom the first thing I did was work out how many number of protons, electrons and neutrons there are. After finding out how many protons, electrons and neutrons there are, I found out that Carbon has 6 protons, 6 electrons and 6 neutrons. The way I arrange my Model atom is by putting 2 small dots in the first small circle and another 4 small dots in the big circles. The mass number of an atom is the total number of protons and neutrons. While the atomic number represents the number of protons. 2 Facts about carbon is that the Atoms are the smallest particles that makeup elements. And the second facts about carbon is that Atoms are mostly empty space.    

Conclusion:  My Model atom that I have made work as I expected. The one thing that I would change is the way I made the atom is that maybe I can make it tidier.