Unit Activity: Structure and Properties of Matter
Part A
The goal of your paper is to provide information about one scientist's life, work, and contributions to
science. Choose a scientist to research and write about from this list:
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• John Dalton
J.J. Thomson
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• Niels Bohr
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Werner Heisenberg
• Erwin Schrödinger
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• James Chadwick
Marie Curie
Ernest Rutherford
Henry Moseley
Your paper should answer questions such as these:
• What was the scientist's early life like?
What was the scientist's personality like?
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• Did any world events affect the scientist? If yes, what were those events?
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• Did the scientist have to overcome any obstacles to become a scientist? If yes, what were those
obstacles?
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B
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In what way did the scientist investigate the atom? Did the scientist use an observational study, a
controlled experiment, or a mathematical model? What new understanding did the scientist achieve
that resulted in an update to the atomic model?
Which scientist will you write about? Explain why you made that choice.
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