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Mysterious atom
This activity uses Rutherford’s gold foil experiment to show how a scientist carried out an experiment to test a theory and how the unexpected results led to the proposal of a new one. Students carry out a process of observe, hypothesise, test and conclude in order to work out what a mystery object is.
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