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Light Quest
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Learners test their "light-smarts" by playing a game called "Light Quest!" The game board represents an atom and each player represents an electron that has been bumped into the atom's outer unstable

Scaling an Atom
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In this activity, learners make a scale model of an atom to see how big or how small an atom is compared to its nucleus. Learners will realize that most of matter is just empty space!

Rutherford Roller
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In this activity, learners make a black box device that serves as an excellent analogy to Rutherford's famous experiment in which he deduced the existence of the atomic nucleus.

"Build a Bacterium" Scavenger Hunt
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Working in small groups, learners receive a written scenario regarding a bacterium with a certain goal it must carry out.

M&M® Model of the Atom: Edible Subatomic Particles
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In this activity, learners use colored candy to represent subatomic particles and make a model of an atom (Bohr model).

Atomic Mobile
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Learners make a mobile model of a carbon atom using clay, wire, and pipe cleaners.