Hey Kids!
Today's BIG WORDS are all about things that are VERY VERY SMALL!!
Oh, like you?
Even smaller.
You know how you can cut something into two pieces?
And then you can cut those pieces into two pieces?
And so on, and so on, and so on?
Like when you cut the cheese! {farting noise}
Eeew, gross!
C'mon Kromp, this is SERIOUS.
So we're cutting something up into smaller and smaller pieces.
Well, at some point, you just can't cut anymore.
The smallest piece of any kind of matter is called an ATOM.
Ooh, I want to see an atom!
Let's have show and tell!
ATOMS are way, WAY too small to see.
In fact, MILLIONS of atoms would fit on the head of a pin.
That's SMALL!
WOW...The atoms is the smallest thing in the world!
Well...
What!?
What What What!!?
There are even smaller particles inside an atom.
oooohhh.
So What are these teeny tiny particles inside an atom?
They're called Protons, Neutrons, and Electrons.
Leonard, you're going too fast.
Tell me about these teeny tiny particles one at a time!
Okay, let's start with Protons.
Protons have a positive charge.
Oh, so they're good-guy particles!
Well, not really. Besides, they already have a name: Protons!
Goody-two-shoe- tons!
What's next?
Electrons have a negative charge.
Grrr.
Electrons are baaaddd.
No, they're not bad, they just have the opposite charge from protons.
But isn't the opposite of something positive something bad?
It's more like the opposite sides of a magnet.
You know how one side of a magnet is attracted to the other side?
Well, positive charges are attracted to negative charges!
Is that where we get the saying OPPOSITES ATTRACT?
Yes.
Exactly.
And things with the same charge push each other away.
So electrons push away other electrons, and protons push away other protons.
Okay Froggy woggy.
Protons have a positive charge, Electrons have a negative charge...next you're going
to tell me Neutrons don't have any charge at all.
That's right, Kromp!
How did you know that?
It's only logical.
Neutron sounds like neutral.
Neutral means you're not getting involved in a fight.
You're staying out of it.
Otherwise the Neutron would be fighting with the proton or the electron.
That's pretty insightful of you there, Kromp.
I didn't know you had it in you.
What do you mean?
I'm a sensitive guy!
I know things!
I'm sorry Kromp.
It's just that you're such a big powerful monster, sometimes I forget that
you can be very thoughtful.
Okay froggy.
I accept your apology.
But, froggggyyy...
Yes, Kromp?
I thought we said we're going to learn things about electricity today.
Oh, yeah!
Electrons are very important when you think about electricity.
Oh really?
Then they should call it ELECTRONICITY.
Hehe, yeah, that's a good one, Kromp
No, I'm serious, that should be the big word of the day, ELECTRONCICITY.
NO KROMP.
We already have a perfectly good word: ELECTRICITY.
Fine.
But I still don't know what electrons have to do with electricity.
Well, there are different kinds of electricity.
There's natural electricity like LIGHTNING...and there's STATIC electricity that happens when
you rub a balloon on your head...But the kind of electricity most people know about is when
electrons FLOW through WIRES.
We call this ELECTRIC CURRENT.
Oh, I've heard of electric CURRENT.
That's what's in our outlets.
Yeah! It's how we turn on all our lights here at Socratica Kids!
I use electricity to run my hair dryer to make my fur PRETTY.
I use electricity to make my toaster work in the morning.
So in electric current, electrons flow...What's making them flow?
Well, you can make electrons flow by attracting them to something positively charged.
Or you can make them run away from something negatively charged.
So there's electrons coming into my wall socket right now?
YEAH! But don't touch it! It's very dangerous.
Mommy Kromp says No touching Wall Outlets!
But I want to see the electrons!
Do you have one to show me?
Kromp!
We just said we can't see ATOMS because they're too small.
Yeah, so?
The electrons are EVEN SMALLER than an atom.
It's PART of an atom.
Yeah, so?
How could you see an electron if it's even smaller than an atom!!?
Oh, I get it.
Good.
Let's have a proton show and tell.
KROMPP!!!!!!
Click my video! It's the best one!
Hey, Leonard, look, look! I'm in an elevator.
Psshhhh. I can do that!
First Floor! Click my video!!
Where's he go?
Click my video!!
Noooo!
I'm going to go in the video now!