Tom the Atom, Book 10

Tom the Atom, Book 10
Author: Dr Mum
Publisher:
Total Pages: 58
Release: 2020-07-27
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Tom-the-Atom represents the Carbon Atom, the most crucial atom in the Universe. A series of illustrated science books for children and adolescents. The young reader will become familiar with the world of atoms, which make up all the material in the Universe; the Earth, the planets, the stars, and you and me. The young reader is invited to become part of the World of Atoms and to develop his/her understanding of how atoms form everything. Tom the Atom, Book 10: A day at the museum: Henry and his friends discover electricity! Henry and his classmates visit an exhibit at the Lawrence Hall of Science --in Berkeley, California-- on electricity. Children learn the concept of electricity, a current of metal's valence electrons. In metallic atoms, the valence electrons are so loose that they can move from one atom to another when a pressure called voltage difference is applied to the metal. Electricity is flux or flow that we call a current of "free" electrons.

Tom the Atom, Book 10

Tom the Atom, Book 10
Author: MUM
Publisher:
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2019-12-30
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ISBN: 9781653108817

Henry and his classmate visit an exhibit at the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley, California. In their museum's visit, they reinforce the concept of valence electrons or "hands." In doing so, children introduce the idea of electricity associated with metals and valence electrons. Electricity is a property of the atoms that can be classified as Metals (three groups: Metals, Semi-Metals (or Metalloid), and Non-Metals were introduced in Book 6). In the Metals group, when many atoms are together, their valence electrons are so loose that they can move to an outer "band" called Conduction Band. Valence electrons there just move from atom to atom, generating a current of electrons. As water running in a hose!Electricity is a flux of electrons (like the water in a hose) that we call a "current." Electrons freely flow through the metal under the influence of a force that we call a Voltage difference (like water pressure in a hose). The Metals are "Electrical conductors."

Tom the Atom, Book 10

Tom the Atom, Book 10
Author: Dr Mum
Publisher:
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2019-12-30
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ISBN: 9781653077977

Henry and his classmate visit an exhibit at the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley, California. In this Book, the museum visit reinforces the concept of valence electrons or "hands" and introduces the idea of Electricity that is associated with metals and valence electrons. Electricity is a property of the elements that, in general, can be classified as Metals (do remember the three groups Metals, Semi-Metals and Non-Metals introduced in Book 6?). In the metals group, when many atoms are together, their valence electrons are so loose that can move to an outer band called Conduction Band and move from atom to atom, generating an electrical current or current of electrons, as water running in a hose! In doing so, the flow of electrons is what we know as Electricity. Electricity is a flow of electrons (like the heat flux from the sun) that we call a current such that electrons freely flow through the metal under the influence of a force that we call a voltage. We call the metals "electrical conductors."

Tom the Atom, Book 2

Tom the Atom, Book 2
Author: MUM
Publisher:
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2019-11-05
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ISBN: 9781704818221

You, Henry, and Mary learned that atoms belong to 10 families. That they are a total of 92 atoms. Only 92 in the entire Universe! But each one has many twins (tuples). In shape, atoms are round. They have a tiny, massive belly full of Protons and Neutrons. Outside their nucleus or belly, they have from one to 7 belts filled with Electrons. Protons are positive, neutrons do not have a charge, and electrons are negative. The number of protons in their belly equals the total number of small electrons in their shells (or belts). The number of protons and neutrons in their belly gives their weight. The number of shells determines their size. All shells are full, but the last one that can be or not complete. The electrons in the outermost shell are called valence electrons. The number of electrons in their outermost shell (usually from one to eight) dictates the atoms' Character. Tom calls those valence electrons "hands" and the lack of them in that outermost shell called "empty sleeves."

Tom the Atom

Tom the Atom
Author: Mirna Urquidi-Macdonald
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2017-10-30
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780999221204

GOAL: To introduce the Carbon atom (or "Tom-the-Atom"), who will be our host to present the readers to the world of atoms.Tom-the-Atom is discovered living in a beautiful shell on the beach at Half Moon Bay, south of San Francisco, CA where Henry and his sister Mary are walking, with their father and their dog, Bonita, on a nice warm day--one of those beautiful Indian Summer days--on a Tuesday after school, in the month of October. Henry and Mary bring the shell they found to Henry's bedroom where Tom-the-Atom, exiting the shell, becomes an instant friend of Henry and Mary. Tom-the-Atom entices Henry and Mary to visit his world once a day after school, and he proposes to introduce them to his siblings and extended relatives who belong to the 10 different families of atoms (including his own family) as described in the "Periodic Table." They will learn how everything alive and not alive (organic and inorganic) in our Universe is made of tiny atoms, which by shaking hands they form bonds among themselves to form molecules!The readers will learn an exciting new concept related to the atoms in each book.

Tom the Atom

Tom the Atom
Author: Dr Mum
Publisher:
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2019-11-02
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ISBN: 9781704809151

Tom the Atom, Book 1: Mary and Henry have a new friend: The Carbon atom, his nickname is Tom-the-Atom. GOAL: To introduce the Carbon atom (or "Tom-the-Atom"), who will be our host to present to the readers the world of the atoms.Tom-the-Atom is discovered living in a beautiful shell on the beach at Half Moon Bay, south of San Francisco, CA where Henry and his sister Mary are walking, with their father, their dog, Bonita, on a nice warm day-one of those beautiful Indian Summer days-on a Tuesday after school, in the month of October. Henry and Mary bring the shell they found to Henry's room where Tom-the-Atom, exiting the shell, becomes an instant friend of Henry and Mary. Tom-the-Atom entices Henry and Mary to visit his world once a day after school, and he proposes to introduce them to his siblings and extended relatives who belong to the 10 different families of atoms (including his own family) as described in the "Periodic Table."They will learn how everything alive and not alive (organic and inorganic) in our Universe is made of tiny atoms, which by shaking hands they form bonds among themselves to form molecules!The readers will learn an exciting new concept related to the atoms in each book. We advise the reader to read the books in numerical order.

Tom the Atom, Book 2

Tom the Atom, Book 2
Author: MUM
Publisher:
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2019-11-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9781705924679

You, Henry, and Mary learned that atoms belong to 10 families. That they are a total of 92 atoms. Only 92 in the entire Universe! But each one has many twins (tuples). In shape, atoms are round. They have a tiny, massive belly full of Protons and Neutrons. Outside their nucleus or belly, they have from one to 7 belts filled with Electrons. Protons are positive, neutrons do not have a charge, and electrons are negative. The number of protons in their belly equals the total number of small electrons in their shells (or belts). The number of protons and neutrons in their belly gives their weight. The number of shells determines their size. All shells are full, but the last one that can be or not complete. The electrons in the outermost shell are called valence electrons. The number of electrons in their outermost shell (usually from one to eight) dictates the atoms' Character. Tom calls those valence electrons "hands" and the lack of them in that outermost shell called "empty sleeves."

Tom the Atom, Book 9

Tom the Atom, Book 9
Author: Dr Mum
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2019-12-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9781652948001

Henry and Mary are back from school. Tom-the-Atom introduces them to the Iron atom (Fe) a larger rust-colored atom, which is a cousin of Tom-the-Atom is in Group 3B belonging to a large family called the "Transition Metals" comprising Columns 3-12 in the Periodic Table. Iron is very versatile and to understand his valence electron configuration (outermost shell electrons), it is necessary to introduce the concepts of shell and sub-shells. Iron, represented by Fe, is more significant than Tom-the-Atom; Fe has two valence electrons ("hands" and six "empty sleeves" ) in his outer shell.Tom-the-Atom introduces the concept of Sub Shells or Sub Belts. This concept shows that larger atoms with more than one shell have sub-shells. The subs-hells are like the layers of an onion! If any larger atom has more than a total of 10 electrons, (he or she will have two electrons in his inner shell K and 8 in his shell L) and new shells will appear to accommodate those additional electrons. The shell will have sub-shells, and only the outer sub-shell will contain the valence electrons. Most of the larger and heavier atoms will have in their outer sub-shell from one to eight valence electrons and from seven to zero empty spaces--to add up to 8.

Tom the Atom, Book 21

Tom the Atom, Book 21
Author: MUM
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2021-02-28
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Noble Gas atoms do not interact with other atoms, because their valence shell (or subshells) is FULL. Members of the Noble Gases family have all their shells, including their outermost valence shell full of electrons to their rim. They do not need to "handshake" with any other atom to borrow or give away electrons; that is why they are not reactive and do not need to shake hands! They do not form chemical bonds with anyone. They are a family of 6 existing siblings. In the family of Noble Gases, the atom's outer shell has no "empty sleeve." The concept of inert gas is explained. The idea of shell and sub-shells and how the sub-shells are arranged, when atoms have more than 3 shells, is revealed.

Tom the Atom, Book 5

Tom the Atom, Book 5
Author: MUM
Publisher:
Total Pages: 46
Release: 2019-11-21
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ISBN: 9781710263527

Henry and Mary had a beautiful Saturday at their home playing with their school friends and reviewing what they had learned in Tom-the-Atom's World. Henry and his friends play with the concept of Carbon (Tom-the-Atom) atoms and covalent bonds. Carbon atoms alone can form different materials from a piece of graphite to a diamond, just by handshaking four or three times at once with his tuples (identical atoms).While Mary introduced, to her friends, the idea of molecules, she explains that water molecules have a distinctive shape like a Mickey Mouse face. An enjoyable day!