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Simulation
Learninggoal: Studentswillbeabletodescribetheinteractionbetweenoppositelychargedparticles
andbetweenlikechargedparticles,anddescribethecurrentatomicmodel.
OpentheRutherfordScatteringsimulationandexplore.Recordatleastone(moreifyoulike)
interestingthingyounotice.
OpenthePlumPuddingatom.Describetheinteractionbetweeneachsubatomicparticleand
analphaparticle.IfyouwereJ.J.Thomson,howwouldyouexplainwhatishappening?
OpentheRutherfordatom.Describetheinteractionbetweeneachsubatomicparticleandan
alphaparticle.IfyouwereErnestRutherford,howwouldyouexplainwhatishappening?
Whyarethepathsofthealphaparticlesineachatomdifferent?
Describethecurrentatomicmodel.
Explainhowatleastoneofthescientistsdiscussedinclasscontributedtothecurrentatomic
model