Download Webquest: Dividing the Indivisible Use the following web sites and

Webquest: Dividing the Indivisible
Use the following web sites and other web sites of your choice to explore the discovery of the
electron, the nucleus, the proton, and the neutron. These discoveries happened over a 35year period and each discovery had a huge impact on our understanding of atoms.
Suggested Web Resources:
• A Look Inside the Atom
• Rutherford and the Atomic Nucleus
• Chadwick Discovers the Neutron
As you complete your Webquest, keep track of what you learn by filling in these tables:
(6 points)
subatomic particle: electron
date of discovery:
description of
particle:
name of
discoverer and
a few facts
about his
background:
how the particle
was
discovered:
how this
changed the
model of the
atom:
(6 points)
Part of the atom: nucleus
Where part is
located and
what particles it
contains:
name of
discoverer and
a few facts
about his
background:
how it was
discovered:
how this
changed the
model of the
atom:
date of discovery:
(6 points)
subatomic particle: proton
description of
particle:
name of
discoverer and
a few facts
about his
background:
how the particle
was
discovered:
how this
changed the
model of the
atom:
(6 points)
subatomic particle: neutron
description of
particle:
name of
discoverer and
a few facts
about his
background:
how the particle
was
discovered:
how this
changed the
model of the
atom:
*1 point is awarded for an attempt at all questions.
date of discovery:
date of discovery: