Matter matters
| National Curriculum links (Key Stage
4 double science) |
Sc1
1a |
... how scientific ideas are … evaluated
… |
Sc1
1b |
... how scientific controversies can
arise from different ways of interpreting empirical evidence |
Sc1
1c |
... ways in which scientific work may
be affected by the contexts in which it takes place, and how these
contexts may affect whether or not ideas are accepted |
Sc3
1a-e |
No specific links here - but the resources
contain information about the way in which our ideas about the structure
of matter have developed in the last 100 years. |
Resources
This gives pupils an overview of the way ideas about the structure
of matter - and in particular of atoms and subatomic particles - has
developed over time.
Matter matters describes
the development of ideas about the three subatomic particles with which
students should be familiar (protons, neutrons and electrons). Starting
with the ideas of the Ancient Greeks, students are then briefly introduced
to the three scientists whose life histories are included elsewhere
in the resources (John
Dalton, Henri Bequerel
and Ludwig Boltzmann)
before looking some changing ideas about the atom during the 20th century.
Activities
| Activity
1 |
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- Producing a time line to show how ideas about the atom have
changed over time.
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| Activity
2 |
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- Writing a biography for another of the scientists included
in the resources.
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| Activity
3 |
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- Writing a newspaper obituary for Boltzmann from different
perspectives.
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