Trading Cards
Description
You will make trading cards outlining several of the major scientists involved in Chemistry (Empedocles, Democritus, Aristotle, "The Alchemists", Bacon, Boyle, Priestly, Lavoisier, Cavendish, Dalton, Thompson, Rutherford, Bohr, Chadwick, Einstein) that led to our current atomic model.
Procedure
1. Click here for an example of what your trading card might look like. Once trading cards have been uploaded they will be put in a gallery for the rest of the class to see.
2. The trading card must include:
- name
- picture (of person and/or a representation of their model)
- birth/death dates
- country of origin
- major discovery/discoveries
- contribution to Chemistry
3. Start by researching basic discoveries and this list of scientists that lead up to our current atomic model. Be sure to use multiple sources and collect as much information as possible. Include experiments that led up to these discoveries and how these discoveries are important.
4. Use a trading card maker site like this to complete the task of making the cards.
5. Upload your trading cards (as per instructions in class).
6. As a group, write a short blog post including your activity notes and thoughts about the activity process.
Description
You will make trading cards outlining several of the major scientists involved in Chemistry (Empedocles, Democritus, Aristotle, "The Alchemists", Bacon, Boyle, Priestly, Lavoisier, Cavendish, Dalton, Thompson, Rutherford, Bohr, Chadwick, Einstein) that led to our current atomic model.
Procedure
1. Click here for an example of what your trading card might look like. Once trading cards have been uploaded they will be put in a gallery for the rest of the class to see.
2. The trading card must include:
- name
- picture (of person and/or a representation of their model)
- birth/death dates
- country of origin
- major discovery/discoveries
- contribution to Chemistry
3. Start by researching basic discoveries and this list of scientists that lead up to our current atomic model. Be sure to use multiple sources and collect as much information as possible. Include experiments that led up to these discoveries and how these discoveries are important.
4. Use a trading card maker site like this to complete the task of making the cards.
5. Upload your trading cards (as per instructions in class).
6. As a group, write a short blog post including your activity notes and thoughts about the activity process.