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Ionising Radiation
Quantum and Nuclear PRACTICAL PHYISCS

Developing a model of the atom: the nuclear atom

Students will have seen signs of electrons and positive ions (perhaps carrying a current through ionized neon or helium). On...

Teaching Guidance 14-16

Plum Pudding Model
Quantum and Nuclear PRACTICAL PHYISCS

First models of the atom

As students start experiments on ionisation, they will have a fairly basic model of atoms and molecules as portrayed by the...

Teaching Guidance 14-16

Rutherford Scattering
Quantum and Nuclear PRACTICAL PHYISCS

Rutherford's alpha scattering experiment

This is an historic experiment which is often presented to students with little context. It is suggested that, in 1910, the...

Physics Narrative 14-16

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