Pathfinder: Atomic Theory

Step 1: Define your task: Look at the assignment/essential question.

Step 2: What materials might be useful for the project? Books, Encyclopedias, Online Encyclopedias, Websites.

Step 3: Find the material.

• Books about individuals or atomic theory- Use the Online Catalog ..
• Biographical Encyclopedias: Look in the 920s in reference and the general collection.
• Encyclopedias: World Book Encyclopedia: R 030 Wor. A great source of information about people.
• Online Encyclopedias: Grolier;s Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia and Encyclopedia Americana include basic information about many different people.
• Online Databases: Gale’s Science Resource Center and Student Resource Center Gold include information about scientists and their discoveries. Biography Resource Center includes information about many individuals.

• Websites:
1. Cambridge Physicists: Discovery of the Nucleus: http://www-outreach.phy.cam.ac.uk/camphy/physicists/physicists_index.htm
2. Physics 2000 from the University of Colorado: http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/index.pl Click on Table of Contents and scroll down to Atomic Structure and Periodic Properties (listed under Periodic Table)
3. People and Discoveries of the 20^th Century from PBS: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/bioindex.html
4. A Look Inside the Atom from the American Institute of Physics: http://www.aip.org/history/electron/jjhome.htm

Step 4: Use the material. Read it and take notes. CITE YOUR SOURCES!!!

Step 5: Synthesize the information: Prepare and present the skit, poster, power point, song, poem, or other approved product. PREPARE YOUR BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Step 6: Evaluate: Does the project address the essential question? Have you met the requirements for the assignment?

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