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Aydin, Sevgi; Hanuscin, Deborah L. – Science Teacher, 2011
In this article, the authors describe a lesson that uses the 5E Learning Cycle to help students not only understand the atomic model but also how Ernest Rutherford helped develop it. The lesson uses Rutherford's gold foil experiment to focus on three aspects of the nature of science: the empirical nature of science, the tentativeness of scientific…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Learning Processes, Science Instruction, Nuclear Energy

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