Double the Projects

This year, our 8th graders demonstrated what they learned about atomic structure by doing TWO projects in class. Similar to the IPC class last year, they brought materials to class and constructed a 3D Bohr model (named after Niels Bohr) of their assigned atom. They were required to include the correct number of each subatomic particle and represent the atom using at least three different types of materials. An information tag about their atom was also displayed hanging from the models. As a summation for the first project, they briefly presented their Bohr structures to their peers!

The second project for the unit tasked the students with creating a mini-periodic table of the first 20 elements to show their understanding of atomic structure and the periodic table. Instead of writing just the atomic symbol for each element, they illustrated each with a Bohr model drawing. Also included was a title and color coded key. There is nothing quite like learning by DOING!