CONTENT AREA:  Chemistry

GRADE LEVEL:  10-12

TOPIC:  Development of atomic model

CONTENT OBJECTIVE(S):

1. The student will research the major contributors to the historical development of the atomic model.
2. The student will describe the experiment used to identify each part of the atom.
3. The student will explain how each historical atomic model differs from the accepted model of today.

3A, 3C, 3E, 6A

TECHNOLOGY TEKS:
 

RESOURCES/MATERIALS:

1. Internet (computer lab or library)
2. Library research
3. Textbook

1. Discuss the 3 subatomic particles
2. Divide the class into 5 groups and assign a particular scientist
3. Research using internet and other sources
4. Create a presentation using Power Point explaining the contribution of scientist to the model of the atom

John Dalton

 http://maple.lemoyne.edu/~giunta/dalton.html

http://www.sinbad.net/~gurujohn/dalton/dalton.html

http://www.english.upenn.edu/~jlynch/FrankDemo/People/dalton.html

http://lausd.k12.ca.us/~kmcmahon/Atoms%20%26%20Period%20Table/page_id_5423.html

http://members.aol.com/oohalooo/jdalton.html

http://first.electricuniverse.com/EU/frontier/history/bio/dalton.html

http://students.ncwc.edu/apchem/tony.html

http://www.ucdsb.on.ca/tiss/stretton/chem1/atomic1.htm

William Crookes

http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/icl/heyes/LanthAct/Biogs/Crookes.html

 http://cinergy.electricuniverse.com/EU/upower/history/bio/crookes.html

 http://www.fstech.com/FSTname3.html

 http://www.nmsi.ac.uk/collections/exhiblets/curie/crookes.htm

 http://houck.salkeiz.k12.or.us/Houck.Website/student.pages/Science.Web.Pages/Jennifer.Laird.Web/Jennifer.Laird.html

 http://www.optonline.com/comptons/ceo/35341_Q.html

J.J. Thomson

 http://dbhs.wvusd.k12.ca.us/Chem-History/Thomson-Structure-Atom.html

 http://www.aip.org/history/electron/jjthomson.htm

 http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Lane/6341/thomson.html

http://nobel.sdsc.edu/laureates/physics-1906-1-bio.html

http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr1999/entries/physics-experiment/app7.html

http://library.advanced.org/16495/data/chemnet/structure/atoms/jjatom.html

http://www.nmsi.ac.uk/on-line/electron/Section2/recording.html

Ernest Rutherford

 http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~rsauzier/Rutherford.html

 http://nobel.sdsc.edu/laureates/chemistry-1908-1-bio.html

http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Science/Rutherford.htm

http://library.advanced.org/13822/RUTHERFO/ruther.html

http://www.orcbs.msu.edu/radiation/radhistory/ernestrutherford.html

http://www.optonline.com/comptons/ceo/04148_A.html

http://gemini.tntech.edu/~tfurtsch/Scihist/atomlinks.htm

Niels Bohr

http://history.math.csusb.edu/Mathematicians/Bohr_Niels.html

http://www.wpi.edu/~kromano/ph1121.html

http://spaceboy.nasda.go.jp/note/Kagaku/E/kag114_bohr_e.html

http://maple.lemoyne.edu/~giunta/bohr.html

http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Bohr_Niels.html

http://library.advanced.org/16468/hist-c2.htm

http://www.orcbs.msu.edu/radiation/radhistory/nielsbohr.html

James Chadwick

http://www.orcbs.msu.edu/radiation/radhistory/jameschadwick.html

http://nobelprizes.com/nobel/physics/1935a.html

http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/department/webtour/Chadwick/ProfChad.html

http://www.nobel.se/laureates/physics-1935.html

http://ww2.sd.cybernex.net/~pokey/nucmed/chadwick.html

http://www.physics.gla.ac.uk/introPhy/Famous/rutherford/rutherford.html

http://www.funkandwagnalls.com/encyclopedia/low/articles/a/a002001398f.html

http://www.bullatomsci.org/issues/1997/mj97/mj97lanouette.html

http://www.neutron.anl.gov/neutron.htm

1. Did the student have accurate information?
2. Did the student have enough information?
3. Did the student analyze the information?
4. Did the student create an accurate and interesting end product?
5. Did the student have appropriate documentation?