Beam Me Up Scotty

All creatures great and small, all plants great and small, all the air that we breath and even in the science ficition show of Star Trek, are all made up or composed of atoms!
An atom is composed of a nucleus and an atomic cloud. The nucleus consists of nuetrons and protons. In the picture above, the nucleus is represented by the yellow ball and the atomic cloud is represented by the oval circles and the green, red, and blue balls.
Think about the atom like this, your house and the family members in your house are the nucleus. Your front and back yards with all your cars, trees, flowers, and family members in the yard are the atomic cloud.
Please watch this video clip of an atom's movement. http://flashden.net/item/atomic-animation/206
Here is another example of the hydrogen (H) and the Helium (He) atom moving by animation. http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~acarpi/NSC/3-atoms.htm

Here are a couple of scientists who helped with the Manhattan Project {this is when they invented the atomic bomb}. One of the scientists is Maria Goeppert-Mayer, who develope the shell structure model of atomic nuclei. Another one of the scientists who helped lead the Manhattan Project was J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Dr. Goeppert-Mayer was born on June 28, 1906 and died February 20, 1972. Dr. Oppenheimer was born April 22, 1904 and died February 18, 1967.
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Parents, here is a game to help you and your child review the vocabulary words for the parts of the atom. http://education.jlab.org/vocabhangman/atoms_01/7.html. Here are the instructions for this site.
1. Scroll down to the pink heading that says, "Atoms and Matter".
2. Click the box nest to the title, "Basic Atom Structure (8)*".
3. Scroll to the bottom of the page.
4. Click on the blue sign that says, "I'm ready. Let's start.".
If you need anything, please do not hesitate to call the high school (658.4521), comment to me, or email me at denyce.scott@region16.net.