I don't have enough friends to create the neon element lol

In science we've began our atomic science unit and to learn about atoms we did some crafting. Our task was to create a model of an element of our choosing. I, if you didn't read the title, chose neon.

Materials 

• Paper
• Scissors
• Blu-tack
• String
• Tape
• Two different color set of beads
• Pencil/felts/pens to decorate and label

Method

1. Select an element. I suggest something less than element 7 but, if you do want to go higher then just half the amount of electrons. 
2. Grab a small ball of blu-tack and place the beads in the around the outside. For the beads use two different colors to create the neutrons and protons. 
3. Draw and cut out the required number if circle to form the outer protective shells. Make sure the circles are big enough to draw in the electrons. I would also suggest to draw in the 
4. Attach the string to the blu-tack ball of beads and tape the two circles onto the string.
5. Create a little label of what your element is and attach to the top of the string.

I decided to draw my friends as the electrons but then I realized I didn't have enough so I drew Mr Carter, Mr Taylor, and Mr Heath instead. Mr Taylor was originally going to be Mr Heath but Nadia said I drew his beard too big and that it looked like Mr Taylor. 

                                    

 

How to figure out how many electrons you need to draw

On an element there will be two different numbers; the atomic number and mass number. The atomic number is the smaller of the two and tells you how many neutrons and protons there are. For example neon's atomic number is 10 which means there are 10 protons and 10 neutrons. The mass number is the bigger number and tells us how many protons and neutrons there are. To figure this out you subtract the atomic number from the mass number, for example neon's mass number is 20. 10 - 20 = 10. There are 10 electrons in the atom. 

How to figure out what electrons go in what circle

This one is fairly easy to understand. One two electrons can go in the first ring and up to eight in the other two. Electrons often appear in pairs as well.