Tuesday 9/29

Journal:

  1. Make a simple drawing of a Boron (B) atom.
  2. What limitations or flaws are there to this type of model?

Today we reviewed the strengths and limitations of our model of the atom and came up with a chart for our notes like this (copy this into your notes if you weren't here):

STRENGTHS (THINGS THAT ARE ACCURATE):

  • shows charges
  • shows energy levels of e-
  • shows protons, electrons, and neutrons and relative locations of each


LIMITATIONS (INACCURACIES)

  • size and scale of atom not appropriately shown
  • e-s aren't moving

Then we played a game outside making "human atoms" and identifying the correct number and location of the subatomic particles of various elements (no makeup necessary for this).

HW:  none