THEORIES OF THE ATOM

6.6 – HOW DID WE GET TO OUR CURRENT

UNDERSTANDING OF THE ATOM

PG. 228-233

PRESY / JIG-SAW ACTIVITY •IN YOUR GROUPS (4-5 PEOPLE) COVER ONE OF THE

HISTORICAL THEORIES/DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAS LED TO THE MODERN ATOMIC THEORY AND STRUCTURE.

•TAKE DETAILED NOTES AS A GROUP (READ THE SECTION), AND THEN YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE TO PRESENT YOUR SECTION TO THE OTHER GROUPS – EITHER IN FRONT OF THE CLASS OR AS A JIG-SAW ACTIVITY

7 THEORIES1.INDIVISIBLE

PARTICLE

2.EARTH, WATER, AIR,

AND FIRE

3.BILLIARD BALL

4.THOMSONS

EXPERIMENT

5.GOLDFOIL –

RUTHERFORD

6.CHADWICKS

7.ELECTRON ORBITS –

NEILS BOHR