LINKS (to get you started on your search)
Questions to answer in your research
1) When did they live? Where did they live?
2) What new information did they contribute to the understanding of the atom?
3) How did they find this new information? (What experiments did they do?)
4) Interesting facts – other accomplishments, personal information, famous historical events at the time,etc.
General Links
https://sites.google.com/site/historyofanatom/j-j-thomson-and-ernest-rutherford
https://the-history-of-the-atom.wikispaces.com/Democritus
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/atom/ - scroll down to the bottom for links to scientists
http://www.ausetute.com.au/atomichist.html
http://chemistry.learnhub.com/lesson/3663-history-of-the-atomic-theory-i-ancient-times
http://chemistry.learnhub.com/lesson/3687-history-of-the-atomic-theory-part-3
http://www.visionlearning.com/library/module_viewer.php?mid=50
Rutherford
http://www.mhhe.com/physsci/chemistry/essentialchemistry/flash/ruther14.swf
http://www.dlt.ncssm.edu/TIGER/diagrams/structure/GoldFoilExperiment.jpg
http://www.dlt.ncssm.edu/TIGER/diagrams/structure/GoldDescription500x475.gif
Thomson
CRT Plates -This illustration shows the deflection of a beam of electrons using electrically charged plates.
CRT Magnets - This illustration shows the deflection of a beam of electrons by a magnetic field.
Cathode Ray Animation
Millikan
http://www.dlt.ncssm.edu/TIGER/Flash/structure/OilDrop.html
Questions to answer in your research
1) When did they live? Where did they live?
2) What new information did they contribute to the understanding of the atom?
3) How did they find this new information? (What experiments did they do?)
4) Interesting facts – other accomplishments, personal information, famous historical events at the time,etc.
General Links
https://sites.google.com/site/historyofanatom/j-j-thomson-and-ernest-rutherford
https://the-history-of-the-atom.wikispaces.com/Democritus
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/atom/ - scroll down to the bottom for links to scientists
http://www.ausetute.com.au/atomichist.html
http://chemistry.learnhub.com/lesson/3663-history-of-the-atomic-theory-i-ancient-times
http://chemistry.learnhub.com/lesson/3687-history-of-the-atomic-theory-part-3
http://www.visionlearning.com/library/module_viewer.php?mid=50
Rutherford
http://www.mhhe.com/physsci/chemistry/essentialchemistry/flash/ruther14.swf
http://www.dlt.ncssm.edu/TIGER/diagrams/structure/GoldFoilExperiment.jpg
http://www.dlt.ncssm.edu/TIGER/diagrams/structure/GoldDescription500x475.gif
Thomson
CRT Plates -This illustration shows the deflection of a beam of electrons using electrically charged plates.
CRT Magnets - This illustration shows the deflection of a beam of electrons by a magnetic field.
Cathode Ray Animation
Millikan
http://www.dlt.ncssm.edu/TIGER/Flash/structure/OilDrop.html