Hon Chemistry 11-17-11 Atomic Number & Isotopes

HON CHEMISTRY: So did you realize how incredibly small an atom is? And if so, what about the nucleus? My word, how marvelous is our God!!

So, what did you think about the story of Lise Meitner? Why don’t you look her up and see what else you can find out about it?

And here’s a weird bit of trivia. Did you know there is a baseball team called the Isotopes? No kidding, they’re a minor league team in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This is a pic of their “Isotope Field.” Go figure! Almost all elements have naturally occurring isotopes is some amount. Are you getting the hang of writing hyphen notation and nuclear symbols? We’ll work on calculating average atomic mass on Monday. And lots of other fun stuff!! 🙂


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13 thoughts on “Hon Chemistry 11-17-11 Atomic Number & Isotopes

  1. On our carbon isotope project, on our size is it just the size of box? cause if our project is 3D then how far it stick out of the box won’t matter? or will it?

    • Hudson – We missed you today! I’ll measure your overall project from widest point to widest point, from tallest point to bottom and then calculate volume. It has to be no larger than the size on your project sheet.

    • Candice – Sure! Any questions about it? Remember that every single part of your project (well, except for the theme!) is you telling me what you know about isotopes, nuclei, protons neutrons, etc. Good luck!

        • Candice – Ryan asked the same thing. Hmmmm…. how can I answer this. I didn’t give you any certain colors, but I can tell you that color is very, very important and that it matters. Remember that every single part of your project is like an analogy that you are using to tell me what you know about isotopes, protons, neutrons, etc. Make sense?

  2. If we bring our project Monday, could you look at it and tell us any obvious things we left off? I followed the project sheet but would like to make sure I completely understood and did what you wanted us to do.

    • Katherine – Sure! I’d be glad to look at it. Keep in mind that every single part of your project is like an analogy that you are using to tell me what you know about isotopes, protons, neutrons, etc. Make sense?

  3. Do we have to put the symbols for proton or neutron on our protons and neutrons or can we color code them and include the color code in our key?

    • Adam – Did you figure it out? I think I’d label it both places, just to make sure. And remember – every part of your project, even color, is telling me what you know about isotopes, protons, neutrons, etc.

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