thoughts+on+the+atom

Your latest thoughts about the amazing atom
Reread the excerpt from A Short History of Nearly Everything.

Reread your original reader’s marks (questions, comments, etc)

Consider everything that you have learned about atoms since we read this piece. Take a few minutes to look around you. Think about all of the things (including you, the air you’re breathing, the chair you’re sitting on…) that are made of atoms. Then, fill in the empty head below with what you’re thinking now about these tiny particles. Have you answered some of your original questions? Have you thought of new ones? Include thoughts, questions, pictures, ideas, etc. Now choose either your favorite part of this reading or your favorite idea about atoms and write another paragraph for Bill Bryson’s book. Describe what amazes you or what makes you wonder about atoms. Use the triangle on the other side of this sheet to make sure that you are writing using a high level of thinking.

Three Levels of Thinking