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Aim : How has atomic theory evolved in the last 2000 years?. Do Now : 1. Vocabulary : Discrete - separate and distinct Indivisible -undividable Atom -unit of matter 2. What is matter composed of? Essential Questions : Explain the statement: “Matter is continuous.”
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Aim: How has atomic theory evolved in the last 2000 years? Do Now: 1. Vocabulary: Discrete- separate and distinct Indivisible-undividable Atom-unit of matter 2. What is matter composed of? Essential Questions: Explain the statement: “Matter is continuous.” Describe Democritus’ view of the unit of matter. How did Dalton describe atoms?
Aim: How has atomic theory evolved in the last 2000 years? • How did Aristotle think of science? • Why are his writings largely qualitative, not quantitative? • Describe his view of the cosmos (universe and our place in it.) • State and describe his five “elements” • How do atomists explain the world as opposed to Aristotle? • Describe Democritus’ and Leucippus’ view of what matter is composed of. • How did Dalton describe atoms?
Aim: How has atomic theory evolved in the last 2000 years? • Essential Questions: • Explain the statement: “Matter is continuous.” • Describe Democritus’ view of the unit of matter. • How did Dalton describe atoms? • How was Dalton’s work different from that of the ancient Greek philosophers? • “Each atom of an element is identical to every other atom of that element. Elements are composed of atoms which are identical in mass.” True or false? Explain.