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How small is an atom?
Activity! Bringing things down to size.
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Activity! Bringing things down to size.• Take one sheet of paper 8 by 11.
Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy
This is the product of Ryan Murphy Copyright 2010 www.sciencepowerpoint.com
Activity! Bringing things down to size.• Take one sheet of paper 8 by 11.
Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy
This is the product of Ryan Murphy Copyright 2010 www.sciencepowerpoint.com
Activity! Bringing things down to size.• Take one sheet of paper 8 by 11.• Cut it in half as precisely as possible.
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Activity! Bringing things down to size.• Take one sheet of paper 8 by 11.• Cut it in half as precisely as possible.
• Keep cutting it in half again. Keep track.
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Activity! Bringing things down to size.• Take one sheet of paper 8 by 11.• Cut it in half as precisely as possible.
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Line up scraps from large to small.
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Keep going!!!
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Answer: If you were to cut the paper in half about 90 times, you would be around the size of the atom. The atom is incredibly small.
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About a million atoms stacked on top of each other = the thickness of a sheet of paper.
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Video Link! The size of atoms• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQP4UJhN
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