So we set off to the craft store for some polystyrene balls; got hold of some poster paint, craft glue and wire (the wire hoop from the pink net which used to hang above Lizzy's bed proved to be just the thing); looked up ideas on the internet; and got cracking.
Here's how we did it.
Lizzy painted some medium-sized polystyrene balls blue for the protons.
She painted some medium-sized polystyrene balls red for the neutrons.
She painted some small polystyrene balls green for the electrons.
She glued the blue and red polystyrene balls together with strong craft glue to represent a nucleus.
She screwed an eye hook into the top of the "nucleus".
She threaded the "electrons" onto the wire.
She formed the wire into hoops (with help!) and held it with strong tape.
We tied the nucleus and hoops together using fishing line.
Voila! One model of an atom.
And it was a lot easier to make than this!
31 comments:
That's awesome! Hope she got a good mark!
Thanks for posting this... Hope you don't mind.. but, my daughter is going to use your ideas for her project... Thanks!
Thanks so much for this article! I have to do an atom model and I wasn't sure what to make the protons, neutrons and electrons out of, let alone how to colour them. Thanks again!
how did you make the wire hoop ? what kind of wire you got?
It was a circle of wire we just happened to have lying around - it was actually the hoop from the pink mosquito netting which used to be over Lizzy's bed - so you'll have to figure out something else there, I'm afraid! Just a normal piece of sturdy wire bent into a circle should do it. Jean.
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaw this was great!!!thanks lizzy.....
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What a good atom project!! I just got an idea for mine!!:D
Thank you so much this helped me so Much! I have a project due and this helped me so much!!! IM GOING TO GET AN A+ THANKS AND This was very Helpful! Just leting you know I"m going to get and A+ cuz of you thanks and bye
- Trinity
Was this a specific type of atom? it looks beautiful!
I think we might have based it on a real atom but I can't remember which one! :) I'll have to ask my science-crazy son.
That's so cool! I'm doing the same kind of project so that's how I came across this page. And now I have an idea for mine. Thanks for posting this!
THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH! You gave me a great idea for securing the electrons. Thank you again! Jami
I was stuck on how to put the nucleus together, thanks for the help! :)
I searched in a million places, and I loved the idea, thanx for posting this!
Hey thanks for the great idea! The atom you used was Boron.
Thanks for letting us know! :)
I'm about to do this project to but all my protons and neutrons have to be visible any tips?
I think they were all visible the way we made it; but I guess you could put a plain ball in the middle and stick all the coloured balls around it - that way they should all be visible. It would depend on how many there were whether you would need to do this or not.
Thanks for the visibility tip we ended up using pom pom balls for ease but it looks terrible any quick ways to make one like that but with pom pom balls?
Pom pom balls work best threaded onto a narrow wire, but you may have tried that?
No, I haven't tried that but I managed to use pipe cleaners. Thanks for all of your advice I'll see what my teacher thinks tomorrow.
Im teaching yeah 10 about the structure of an atom next week, and my class are going to love this! Thanks!!
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Thanks for this! I want to make some atom models for school and this was the best guide that I've found!
is this hydrogen
My daughter has the same project, thanks for the fishing line idea because we can't get the tension right with cotton thread.
It looked like a carbon atom to me
Yeah its definitely a carbon atom
Great work! i have been looking for a nice looking 3-d atoms to make with my low level high school students. This looks great and isn’t “baby” looking. Definitely using
Cuantas bolas pintó de cada color
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