Will+Marshall

=Assignment #1 - Intro to Wikispaces and the Atom (10pts)=

Introduction to the Atom
First, we'll need to create our own page by clicking on the "New Page" button in the upper left corner of the page. Name the page after yourself, including your first name and at least your last initial; such as "John's Page" or "Melissa and Alison's Page" or simply "John S.". Once you've created your page, you need to collect information on the Atom.

//**MAKE SURE YOU ADD A LINK TO THE PAGE WHERE YOU FOUND YOUR INFORMATION OR YOU WON'T GET THE POINTS!!!**//

For a bonus point:
 * 1) History of the Atom (5pts)
 * Find out the important scientists who contributed to our current knowledge of the atom. Include:
 * A picture.
 * When they lived.
 * What they did.
 * Find out the important experiments that were used to make breakthrough discoveries.
 * Who perfomed these experiments?
 * Include years of each discovery/experiment so we can get an idea of how long this process has taken.
 * 1) Atomic Structure (5pts)
 * What are the different parts of the atom?
 * What are the different particles that make up the atom?
 * Where are they located?
 * What makes atoms of different elements different?
 * 1) Add an APPROPRIATE comment to someone's page through the discussion tab.

Robert Boyle (1627-1691) He is best known for Boyle's Law. //For a fixed amount of an ideal gas kept at a fixed temperature, P [pressure] and V [volume] are inversely proportional (while one doubles, the other halves)//

John Dalton (1766-1844) He is best known for Dalton's Atomic Theory. The five main points are: Rutherford's experiment. He found that atoms had a denser center. This experiment was performed in 1909. The atom is made up of a nucleus which is surrounded by a cloud of negatively charged electrons. The nucleus is made up of a mix of positively charged protons and electrically neutral neutrons. The nucleus is the center of the atom. Atoms of different element have different numbers of protons and neutrons in their nucleus. More importantly, they have different numbers of electrons around the nucleus.
 * 1) The atoms of a given element are different from those of any other element; the atoms of different elements can be distinguished from one another by their respective relative atomic weights.
 * 2) All atoms of a given element are identical.
 * 3) Atoms of one element can combine with atoms of other elements to form chemical compounds; a given compound always has the same relative numbers of types of atoms.
 * 4) Atoms cannot be created, divided into smaller particles, nor destroyed in the chemical process; a chemical reaction simply changes the way atoms are grouped together.
 * 5) Elements are made of tiny particles called atoms.

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