1. Atomic Theory Agenda New elements Grade tests Guided reading of chp 4
Song about Atomic Theory
Notes on Atomic Theory

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3. Atomic Theory Polka
Dalton, Thomson, Rutherford and Bohr. Schrödinger and Heisenberg, and many, many more. Used their brains to venture in the realm of inner space and found the world of the atom was a weird and wondrous place.

4. Dalton did experiments and said, “I think it’s clear, atoms are tiny indestructible spheres.”

5. Thomson worked with cathode rays and said, “I disagree
Thomson worked with cathode rays and said, “I disagree. A plum-pudding model makes much more sense to me.”

6. A new chapter in atomic theory started to unfold when Rutherford played around with atoms made of gold. When a few of his alpha particles came bounding back, he hypothesized a nucleus had knocked them off the track.

7. Dalton, Thomson, Rutherford and Bohr
Dalton, Thomson, Rutherford and Bohr. Schrödinger and Heisenberg, and many, many more. Used their brains to venture in the realm of inner space and found the world of the atom was a weird and wondrous place.

8. Bohr saw spectral lines for hydrogen and said, “It seems to me
Bohr saw spectral lines for hydrogen and said, “It seems to me.. Electrons move in orbits with specific energies.”

9. Heisenberg said, “Forget it, there’s no way to know the orbit or a path, where the electron’s gonna go.”

10. Schrödinger used lots and lots of fancy mathematics, and made a model of the atom based on quantum mechanics. It has orbitals and those are based on probability. The atom is a fuzzy blob of pure uncertainty.

11. Dalton, Thomson, Rutherford and Bohr
Dalton, Thomson, Rutherford and Bohr. Schrödinger and Heisenberg, and many, many more. Used their brains to venture in the realm of inner space and found the world of the atom was a weird and wondrous place.

12. Atomic Theory
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13. Democritus
Date B.C.
Democritus was a philosopher; did no research
He thought that everything was made up of tiny round things called atoms.
Atoms are the building blocks of life.

14. John Dalton
1787 – 1844
Wanted to learn in what ratios different elements combine in chemical reactions.
Through experimentation devised his atomic theory.

15. Dalton’s Atomic Theory
Elements are composed of submicroscopic indivisible particles called atoms.
All atoms of a given element are identical. Atoms of different elements are different from one another.
Atoms of one element can mix or chemically combine with atoms of other elements, creating compounds with simple whole-number ratios.
Chemical reactions occur when atoms are separated, joined or rearrange.

16. JJ Thomson Found electron Used cathode ray tube
“Plum Pudding” or “Chocolate Chip Cookies” model
video of cathode ray bending

17. Robert Millikan Determined the electrical charge of electron
“Oil Drop Experiment” – like a balloon attracting a bubble up while gravity pulls bubble down.
Still plum pudding model

18. Eugen Goldstein Found the proton Reverse cathode ray tube
Still plum pudding model

19. Ernest Rutherford Found nucleus Gold foil experiment
Atom is mostly empty space – first nuclear model

20. James Chadwick Found neutron Shot alpha particles at Be nucleus
Nucleus is made of two particles
Positive protons
Neutral neutrons

21. Niels Bohr Planetary model
Proposed electrons have a set amount of energy putting them in different energy levels, or orbits around the nucleus.
Electrons can change energy levels; higher energy levels are further from the nucleus.

22. Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle
Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle: cannot know exactly both the velocity and position of electron at the same time.
Like trying to catch a helium balloon in the dark.

23. Schrödinger
Electron cloud gives a 90% probability of finding the electron within the darkly shaded area.
Electrons move like moths around a light – unpredictable.