Question

draw the atomic structure of the first 10 elements ​

Answer 1

Answer:

the first 20 elements (H through Ca), in their correct order — by atomic number — over their winter break.

A diagram of an oxygen atom.

So that they’d have a bit of context, I went over the basic parts of an atom (protons, neutrons, and electrons) and made it clear that the name of the element is determined solely by the number of protons. I even had them draw a few atoms with the protons and neutrons in the center and the electrons in shells. Since I’d dumped all of this on them in a single class period, it probably was a bit much, but since it was just to give them some context I did not expect the 7th graders, who had not seen this before, to remember it all;