Author
Andrew Wagner
Lesson Title History of Atomic Theory
This standard focuses on the structure of the atom and the relationship
between matter and energy at the atomic level.
Lesson Objectives Students will be able to explain the experiments and discoveries that led
to the quantum model of the atom.
Students should be able to explain the following experiments:
Cathode Ray Tubes
Rutherfords Gold Foil Experiment
Students should be able to describe the contributions of:
Democritus, Dalton, Rutherford, Bohr, Schrodinger, and
Chadwick
Student Learning Resources
(Home) YouTube Clip #1: Crash Course History of Atomic Chemistry
Ie: video, website, teacher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thnDxFdkzZs
created materials
YouTube Clip #2: History of the Atom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njGz69B_pUg
Classroom Activities and 1. Class will open with a question and answer session and the
Materials teacher will ask questions raised by students (Google Form) if no
one provides questions in class. These will serve as the
discussion.
2. Students that didnt watch the videos will go to the back of the
room to watch them on their phone or a chromebook.
3. Students will work in small groups to complete the front side of
the 3.2 History of the Atom Notes (attached as a separate
document). The teacher will lead a discussion on the note sheet
after students have time to work. Students will be placed in
groups based on their strengths and weaknesses based on the
Google form results.
4. Teacher will lead students in discussion of notes on the back of
the 3.2 notesheet. Students will be asked to use chromebooks to
research some of the images and experiments that werent
covered in the videos. The teacher will create a collaborative
notesheet (displayed on the screen) as students find information
and will be shared with all students in the class.
Assessment 1. Formative assessment #1: Students will complete the front of
the 3.2 History of the Atom Notes, which will be used as an
informal check-in with students.
2. Formative assessment #2: Students will take a short quiz the
following day to check for comprehension. (See below).
3. Summative assessment #1: Students will demonstrate mastery
of the content through a unit test (attached as separate
document).
Flipped Lesson At Home Activity #1
Democritus
John Dalton
J.J. Thompson
Cathode Ray
Tubes
Plum Pudding
Model
Ernest
Rutherford
Gold Foil
Experiment
Neils Bohr
Planetary/Solar
System Model
Erwin
Schrodinger
James
Chadwick
Werner
Heisenberg
Quantum
Theory
Flipped Lesson At Home Activity #2.
Formative Assessment #2