English National Curriculum - Science Science

7. Explore the Alpha scattering experiment

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Describe early ideas of the structure of atoms, we call this the plum pudding model

Describe the Alpha scattering experiment which was used to work out the nuclear model of atomic structure which is the currently accepted model

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model

An example of how something should look which can be used by others to follow.

plum

Part of the plum pudding model, the plums are used to represent electrons.

pudding

Part of the plum pudding model, the pudding is representative of the positive medium.

scattering

The way that electromagnetic particles or radiation can be diffused or deflected.

nuclear

The nucleus within an atom.

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