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High school science still (afaik) teaches the Bohr model [1] of the atom, because it works well enough for that level. This also leads to a great moment the nex
by gregmac 5y ago
High school science still (afaik) teaches the Bohr model [1] of the atom, because it works well enough for that level. This also leads to a great moment the next year when the teacher leads off with something along the lines of "Remember the Bohr model? Well, forget it: it's wrong." Fun that this causes some students to be outraged, but it's also a great lesson in the scientific method - or at least my (excellent) science teacher used it for that and it made a lasting impact on me.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohr_model https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohr_model
- stephen_g 5y agoI'm still annoyed whenever I think back at that, at being taught something that was wrong as if it was true. It costs nothing to say, "We're going to learn a model of the atom - the reality is more complex but this will work for now." The way it is often done just creates trust issues for people who really care about accuracy...
- adgjlsfhk1 5y agoMy highschool chem teacher was great and would start about 1 sentence a class with "These are lies, but they are still useful"