Pedagogical Objectives - Hydrogen Energy Levels

Basics

Student will understand the relationship between wavelength, frequency, and energy of a photon and correctly use the terminology “proportional to” and “inversely proportional to”.
Student will know the constituents of matter, their electric charges, and locations within the atom and that hydrogen is the simplest atom consisting of only a proton and an electron.
Student will understand than an electron in an atom is bound – that it has negative energy and that positive energy must be added to free it.

Student will understand that a bound electron has only certain permitted energies corresponding to orbits in the Bohr Model.
Student will understand the limitations of the Bohr Model and that a correct interpretation of thy hydrogen atom requires quantum mechanics.

Student will understand that an electron can jump to a higher energy level by absorbing a photon with the correct energy difference between the levels and drop to a lower level by emitting a photon equal to the energy difference of the levels.
Student will understand that the atom will become ionized if the electro absorbs a photon with energy greater than the binding energy of its present level.
Student will understand that collisions between atoms can also cause the electron to move to higher level.
Student will understand that the distribution of energy levels in a grouping of hydrogen atoms depends on their temperature.