Probable atom models, a fourth century later

Abstract

In issue number three of the journal Química Nova na Escola (QNEsc), published in May 1996 (number 1 was published in May 1995 and number 2, in November 1995), the opening article, of only one page, was "About probable models of atoms". At the time, the magazine broke a pattern by publishing the second and third issue of a magazine in a year. 25 years ago, we didn’t have websites like Google Scholar, but it can be said that when QNEsc managed to reach Basic Education teachers, the text was considered to be very important. Now, we intend to study it. A quarter of a century later, science continues to find mysteries in exploring the models and atoms we know. Along with this, we discovered that, in the midst of a pandemic that has hit humanity, we need to be increasingly indisciplinary to literate scientifically. Thus, the main objective of this article is to conduct discussions about scientific literacy and the training of teachers working in the area of Natural Sciences, based on a critical reflection of the aforementioned article.