Much of the work in Grade 11 and 12 requires students to take a much more active part in lessons and their individual study than they did previously. Students are expected to do a much greater amount of work and study for themselves, without necessarily being told to do it.

To this end, my first assignment for Grade 11 Chem students was to get them used to working collaboratively on a project outside of the class with no help from me. They had to come up with a presentation about a scientist who made a contribution to our understanding of the atom.

The scientists chosen were:

• Ernest Rutherford
• Niels Bohr
• J J Thompson
• John Dalton
• James Chadwick
• HGJ Moseley