Potato stamping in UFP Physics

Our UFP Physics class found themselves having a messy time on Friday when they were asked to create elements demonstrating the differences in protons, neutrons and electrons which make up different atoms.

They used hand paints and potato stamps to create pictures of elements and each colour represented the particles which it consisted of in varying amounts. 

Jonathan Partington, our UFP Physics teacher, told us that 'atoms are made up of protons and neutrons in the nucleus and a cloud of electrons surrounding the nucleus. Some atoms have isotopes, which have the same number of protons and electrons but different numbers of neutrons.

What we were doing was to make pictures of atoms with different isotopes. Each person had a different element and should have produced two different forms of it, with the same number of protons and electrons but different neutrons.'

Interactive learning is a great way to get students actively involved in their lesson material and most importantly make learning fun.  Well done class the pictures look great.

Jonathan, bottom middle, with his UFP Physics class