Atoms for kids -- What is an atom made up of, atom make-up, what is an atom, what does an atom do?

Atoms - Atoms are very small .Atoms make up every thing, including you ! Atoms are microscopic, that means they are so small you can't see them without a super powerful microscope.

As you can see the picture on the right shows you all the parts of an atom. The nucleus is in the center of the atom. It has the protons and neutrons. The electrons are negativity charged, they are within the electron clouds. Protons are positively charged and are squashed together with the neutrons. Neutrons have no electrical charge and are squashed together with the protons. The electron clouds are the area and or space of an atom. An atom is the smallest particle into which an element can be divided into and still have the properties of that element. Isotopes are atoms of the same element and have different numbers of neutrons.