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Russell and Jeff's Evolution of the Atom

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

EVOLUTION OF THE ATOM

BY RUSSELL AND JEFF
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ARISTOTLE

400 B.C.
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THOUGHT THERE WAS ONLY FOUR ELEMENTS
Earth, Wind, Fire, Water

DEMOCRITUS

AROUND 490 B.C.
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THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS MADE OF ATOMS
His model is the building block to what we use today

John Dalton

1803
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DESCRIBES EVERYTHING IS MADE OF ATOMS
He said atoms cannot be broken or split

J.J. THOMSON

1840

DISCOVERED ELECTRONS
Drew what atom looked like with electrons

ERNEST RUTHERFORD

1911
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KNEW ATOMS HAD POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE CHARGE
He was the first man to deliberately transmute (transform) an element into another element

NIELS BOHR

1912
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CREATED THE BOHR MODEL
Thought electrons travel outside an atom in a cloud form

DMITRI MENDELEEV

1869

CREATED PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS
Left empty space for more elements in periodic table of elements

HENRY MOSLEY

1915
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SUGGESTED USE OF ATOMIC NUMOER INSTED OF ATOMIC WEIGHT