Tom the Atom, Book 12

Tom the Atom, Book 12
Author: Dr Mum
Publisher:
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2020-11
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Copper is a colorful member of the Transition Metal family, Group 3B, a brother of Iron. He is used to reinforcing the concept of Oxidation States in atoms. Not all metals exist in Nature as pure metals. Copper is one of the few metals that can be found as a native metal (Copper atoms together) or forming compounds with other atoms. Tom-the-Atom introduces the concept of Metal Alloys. Copper is widely used because he is easily made into wires (it is malleable), and it is an excellent conductor of electricity and heat. That is why it is used for the wiring in your home. One alloy of Copper called Bronze was so popular among humans that it gave a name to an era as the "Bronze Era."

Tom the Atom, Book 9

Tom the Atom, Book 9
Author: Dr Mum
Publisher:
Total Pages: 44
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 9: Meet Iron the lion!You will meet Atoms in Group 3B (Columns 3 to 12 in the Periodic Table). To explain their character, Tom-the-Atom introduces the concept that shells have subshells. Tom-the-Atom calls a larger atom who belongs to the Transition Metals large Family, Iron, Fe. Tom-the-Atom explains how challenging it is to predict the characters of atoms in Group 3B. That is because their Nature depends on who they interact with.

Tom the Atom, Book 9

Tom the Atom, Book 9
Author: Dr Mum
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2019-12-30
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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 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 2

Tom the Atom, Book 2
Author: MUM
Publisher:
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2019-11-05
Genre:
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, Book 21

Tom the Atom, Book 21
Author: MUM
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2021-02-28
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ISBN:

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
Genre:
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!

The Complete Home Learning Sourcebook

The Complete Home Learning Sourcebook
Author: Rebecca Rupp
Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)
Total Pages: 882
Release: 1998
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0609801090

Lists all the resources needed to create a balanced curriculum for homeschooling--from preschool to high school level.

Tom the Atom, Book 4

Tom the Atom, Book 4
Author: MUM
Publisher:
Total Pages: 46
Release: 2019-11-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9781709917929

Tom-the-Atom introduces two brothers, from his same family of Non-Metals: Hydrogen and Oxygen. Oxygen has six "hands" and two "empty sleeves" [eight "hands" or valence electrons will make his outermost and second shell complete]. Hydrogen is a very tiny atom. He has only one electron in his only and outermost shell. That shell only accommodates two electrons. Accordingly, small Hydrogen has one "hand" and one "empty sleeve" each. Each Hydrogen gets a "hand" from Oxygen slid in his "empty sleeve." Oxygen atom also receives from each Hydrogen one "hand" in each of his two "empty sleeves." Oxygen is complete with 8 "hands" (6 of him and one of each one of the two Hydrogens). Also, each Hydrogen will have one "hand" of their own and one "hand" from Oxygen to be complete with two "hands" in his only shell. Together they form a water molecule (H2O; i.e., H-O-H).Water is a very happy and stable molecule. It is an essential molecule in the world because life could not exist without water. Do you know that more than 65% of your body is water? Water is crucial to life and has many beautiful properties.

Tom the Atom, Book 9

Tom the Atom, Book 9
Author: MUM
Publisher:
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2019-12-29
Genre:
ISBN: 9781652957850

You, Henry, and Mary had an exciting day learning the concepts of subshells and meeting Iron the lion, representing one of the ten families of atoms: The Transition Metals.You, Mary, and Henry learned that the Transition Metals use up to two outermost subshells (d and s) as their valence electrons to interact with other neighboring atoms. That gives them a tremendous versatility to combine in different ways and with different Oxidations State (sharing a different number of "hands") with other atoms. You also learned the concepts of Oxidizing Agents and Reducing Agents. Furthermore, you learned that that Transition Metals prefer to give electrons away, rather than snipping electrons from other atoms.