Bohr's Model for the Atom

Below are tutorials for learning how to correctly draw Bohr's Model for the first 20 elements.

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Handouts & Review Material It is all about e- handout (click here) The First Twenty Elements (click here)

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Part 1 - Rows and Groups

Part 2 - Maximum Number of Electrons per shell

Part 3 - Predicting correct Bohr's Models

Part 4 - The importance of group number & valence electrons

Part 5 - Drawing Electron Dot Structure for valence electrons

Part 6 - Electron Filling a Modern View

Part 7 - Burning Pickle Demo by Dr.Gergens

Part 8 - Bohr versus Schrodinger

Classical versus Wave Mechanical - Quantum Mechanical Theory

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1) Oct 7 is Niels Bohr Birthday. Who was Niels Bohr and when and why did he receive the Nobel Prize in Physics? (shamefully our Chem100 textbook does not mention his name or his Nobel Prize winning model for hydrogen) 2) Describe the accuracy and precision of the information being shown in this image? (click here to enlarge)

Captioned Playlist of all videos to open in new window (click here)

Bohr versus Schrodinger Wave Mechanical - Quantum Mechanical Theory (click here)

Review The First Twenty Elements (click here)

Optional FUN: Richard Rhodes Pulitzer Prize winning novel "The Make of an Atomic Bomb" (google books) about the author (click here). The book can be checked out of our library.

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