Atomic Models

Number of activities: 4 exercises, including a memory game, matching, element counting, and a crossword puzzle.”

Target audience:
Students with difficulties in reading, scientific abstraction, organization of ideas, and writing. Suitable for Middle School (9th grade), High School (1st year), Adult Education (EJA – Phase II), and students with Intellectual Disabilities, ADHD, Dyslexia, ASD, and Dyscalculia.

Format:
Printable PDF with hands-on activities, a memory game for concept association, guided writing, and matching and crossword exercises.

Objective:
To facilitate learning about atomic models (Dalton, Thomson, Rutherford, Bohr, and Schrödinger) and their main concepts in a playful, visual, and accessible way, using strategies that promote gradual understanding and content retention.

Content:

• Topics: Historical atomic models; evolution of atomic concepts; characteristics of the models proposed by Dalton, Thomson, Rutherford, Bohr, and Schrödinger.

• Methodology: Use of educational games, visual matching activities, counting tasks, and crossword puzzles to reinforce memorization of scientists and their models.

• Exercises: Memory game (scientist ↔ model), visual association, identification of correct models, counting of scientists, and completion of a clue-based crossword puzzle.

Key features:

• ✅ Encourages fine motor coordination through cutting, assembling, and writing.

• ✅ Visual organization that supports interpretation and memorization.

• ✅ Accessible language and hands-on activities to reinforce scientific concepts.

• ✅ Ideal for students who learn best through visual stimuli, games, and sequential practice.