What you have learned:

What it looks like over very small timeframes (attoseconds) when electrons and protons are under the influence of the coulomb force.

You get a feel for the Bohr radius of a proton and how an electron is never more strongly bound to a proton then the strength of the coulomb force at this radius (53 picometers).
You can see and understand why an electron does not go crashing into the center of a proton.

 What you can learn:

The five most common and stable chemical forms of hydrogen, including the cation (H+), anion (H-), dihydrogen (H2+), ortho and para hydrogen.

The importance of the mass difference between the electron and the proton. Protons weigh 1836 times more then electrons and move very very slow relative to the electrons.
Play "Free the Electrons" with ortho and para and hydrogen to see if you can knock all the electrons off the molecules.

The Forms of Hydrogen


Para Hydrogen (H2Para)
"Free the Electrons"


Ortho Hydrogen (H2Ortho)
"Free the Electrons"


Hydrogen Anion (H-)
"Free the Electrons"


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