The Atom Song

Last updated 11 months ago
6 questions
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Protons, Neutrons, Electrons, atoms.

All matter is made up of me. I am tiny and you cannot _______ me. Discovered in _______ . I am an atom and I make up all things. It takes over 800 billion atoms to make up the head of a pin.

I am the atom the basic _______ block of all matter. I'm in everything from bicycles to ladders to cars to chairs to a puppy dogs fur to the boots of a cowboy, down to the spurs.

And I am really really really really really really really really really super duper _______ .
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To really understand we have to start with the fact that atoms are made up of three main parts. They are called protons, neutrons, and electrons.

So lets talk about protons first, they have a positive _______ like an energy burst.

The second part is the neutron. Yeah we know. It has a _______ charge a.k.a charge of zero.

Both parts that we both discussed hang out in a place called the nucleus. Protons to neutrons they both team up to make the _______ of an atom, the nucleus.

Now we cannot forget the third part, the smallest particle with a negative charge called the _______ . It spins and spins around the nucleus of an atom just like an _______ and let me tell you this before I forget. Electrons are moving super-quick. They balance out the energy to make the atom legit.

If an atom has more protons than electrons then it has a _______ charge.

If an atom has more electrons than protons then it has a negative charge.

And these are called _______ .
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Protons have a __________.
Neutrons have a __________.
Electrons have a __________.
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Drag the descriptions on the "left" to their appropriate terms on the "right"

  • Neutral charge (a.ka. no charge)
  • The smallest particle with a negative charge
  • Positive charge like an energy burst
  • Protons
  • Neutron
  • Electron
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If an atom has more protons than electrons than it has a... __________
If an atom has more electrons than protons than it has a... __________
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How many different atoms or elements do you think there are?


Sentence Starter: I think there are...