I remember my High School chemistry lesson from the 90's clearly explained we were working with historical models, we talked about nature of the models developments and the experiments that led to them.
We started with the JJ Thomson "plumb pudding model"
Then we learnt about Rutherford and the gold foil experiment which invalidated Thomson's model.
Then we learnt about emission spectrum and the Bohr model which invalidated Rutherford's model.
The whole time it was clear that nothing was "settled" the models were useful at explaining the observed phenomena but were incomplete.
Same thing in physics. We started with debate about nature of light and examined things like lumniferous aether and Michaelson Morley experiment, double slit experiment etc. Then Maxwell and electromagnetism leading to Heinrich Hertz and the photoelectric effect, which led to Planck and Einstein.
I certainly never thought I was being lied to. We were treading along the same path as those who had came before.
> The whole time it was clear that nothing was "settled" the models were useful at explaining the observed phenomena but were incomplete.
Which is exactly what I think should be told to students when a simplified model is being taught. But the people I've been responding to are advocating for telling students the simplified model as if it were exactly correct and covered all cases. That is what I am saying is lying.
We started with the JJ Thomson "plumb pudding model"
Then we learnt about Rutherford and the gold foil experiment which invalidated Thomson's model.
Then we learnt about emission spectrum and the Bohr model which invalidated Rutherford's model.
The whole time it was clear that nothing was "settled" the models were useful at explaining the observed phenomena but were incomplete.
Same thing in physics. We started with debate about nature of light and examined things like lumniferous aether and Michaelson Morley experiment, double slit experiment etc. Then Maxwell and electromagnetism leading to Heinrich Hertz and the photoelectric effect, which led to Planck and Einstein.
I certainly never thought I was being lied to. We were treading along the same path as those who had came before.