ATOM

CYRENE B. GABAIS
Integrated Science 2
PSHS – SRC
Lesson Objectives:

• Determine the different

experiments that lead to
development of atomic
models.
 HISTORICAL
DEVELOPMENT
OF ATOM
 Developed the idea of atoms

“Atomos” – smallest piece of

matter means indivisible

Everything is made up of
atoms

Physically but not

geometrically indivisible

Always in motion

Different kinds of atoms

Always moving and capable

DEMOCRITUS of joining together
Opposed to the idea
of Democritus

Regardless of the
number of times you
cut a form of matter
in half, you would
always have a
smaller piece of that
matter

Opinion considered
by the people
ARISTOTLE
 “billiard ball” model of
atom

Elements are made of

atoms

Atoms of a given element

are identical

Atoms cannot be
subdivided, created or
destroyed

Chemical reaction
combine, separate, or
JOHN DALTON rearrange atoms
Discovered electron

Proposed plum
pudding model

Electrons and protons

are uniformly mixed in
atom

Atom is not indivisible

as it was of smaller
pieces – electrons and
protons J.J. THOMSON
 Planetary model of
the atom

Discovered nucleus

Atom consisted of a
small, dense, positively
charged nucleus in the
center of the atom
with negatively
ERNEST charged electrons
surrounding it.
RUTHERFORD
Come up with his own
atomic model called
Bohr’s model

Atom is small,
positively charged
nucleus surrounded by
electrons that travel in
circular orbits around
the nucleus

NIELS BOHR
 Proposed Electron
Cloud Model

Depicts the floating

motion of the
electrons rather than
having a set path of
travel
ERWIN
SCHRODINGER
SUMMARY

• Democritus was the 1st to proposed the

existence of atom as building block of
matter

• Aristotle opposed to the idea and

proposed his own opinion that matter
was always made up of small version
of itself.
SUMMARY

• Atom was not believed to exist until

John Dalton made an experiment
supporting the claims of Democritus.

• Joseph John Thomson discovered

electron and illustrated atom using
Plum Pudding Model.
SUMMARY

• Ernest Rutherford discard Plum

Pudding model and discovered
nucleus.

• Niels Bohr came up with his own

model.

• Schrodinger developed electron cloud

LET’S CHECK
Name the atomic
model or identify the
scientist who proposed
the model.