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October 31, 2008
Lesson Plan #1
Title: Atomic structure
Grade Level/Subject: 7th Grade Science
Objectives: The student will learn that atoms are made from protons, neutrons and electrons
and will learn the charges of each particle. The student will learn what particles are found in
the nucleus and how electrons are arranged around the nucleus. The student will learn about
the size of atoms and how differences in atoms make up different elements.
Resources/Materials: Overhead, power point program, worksheets
Primary Teaching Method: Lecture
Engagement/Purpose/Overview: The teacher will go through a PowerPoint presentation going
through atomic structure with the students.
Activities/Procedures: The class had previously gone through a section on the development of
atomic theory. Class will begin with bellringer questions asking the students if they have heard
of proton, neutrons and electrons before and what they know about them. The teacher will
pull in each discovery that was made through the years into a current model of the atom and
then will lecture over current theory. The teacher will use overhead forms from the book ti give
representations of different atoms starting with the simplest model hydrogen and then slowly
build up to larger atoms.
Assessment: The students will be given a guided reading worksheet over the material covered
in the book.
Lesson Plan #2
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Objectives: The student will learn that atoms are made from protons, neutrons and electrons
and will learn the charges of each particle. The student will learn what particles are found in
the nucleus and how electrons are arranged around the nucleus. The student will learn about
the size of atoms and how differences in atoms make up different elements.
Resources/Materials: candy/ m&m’s, skittles,
Primary Teaching Method: modeling
Engagement/Purpose/Overview: The students will make edible models of atoms
Activities/Procedures: The class had previously gone through a section on the development of
atomic theory. The teacher will give a brief talk about electrons, protons and neutrons and
their configuration in the atom. Students will then make models of different atoms using candy
as the electrons, protons and neutrons.
Assessment: The students will be assessed by teacher observation of the accuracy of their
models.
Lesson plan #3
Objectives: The student will learn that atoms are made from protons, neutrons and electrons
and will learn the charges of each particle. The student will learn what particles are found in
the nucleus and how electrons are arranged around the nucleus. The student will learn about
the size of atoms and how differences in atoms make up different elements.
Resources/Materials: textbooks
Primary Teaching Method: Expert groups
Engagement/Purpose/Overview: Students will be placed into small groups and each group will
be assigned a portion of the book to become experts on.
Activities/Procedures: The class had previously gone through a section on the development of
atomic theory. The class will start with bell ringer questions over material that was covered the
day before. The teacher will introduce the next section and then split the class into groups of
threes and fours. Each group will be given a section on the book to read about and tell the class
about. The students will have 10 minutes to read material and determine what needs to be
talked about. After that the teacher will lead the class in a discussion of the material with each
group telling about their portion. The teacher will model taking notes over the material as each
group talks.
Assessment: The students will be given a guided reading worksheet over the material covered
in the book.
Lesson #4
Objectives: The student will learn that atoms are made from protons, neutrons and electrons
and will learn the charges of each particle. The student will learn what particles are found in
the nucleus and how electrons are arranged around the nucleus. The student will learn about
the size of atoms and how differences in atoms make up different elements.
Resources/Materials: students, textbooks
Primary Teaching Method: human model
Engagement/Purpose/Overview: The students will make human models of atoms.
Activities/Procedures: Class will begin with a warm-up activity asking what the students know
about atomic particles. The teacher will give a brief lecture over the basics of atomic structure
and electrons protons and neutrons. The class will then be told that they will become an atom
together. An atom that has the correct number of particles for the number of classmates will
be chosen. Each student is assigned to be one of the three types of particles. As each person is
assigned to be a proton, neutron or electron we will review the particles size, charge and
location. Students who are to be protons and neutrons are grouped in the middle of the room.
A discussion of the need for neutrons to keep the positively charged protons apart will be
discussed. Students who are electrons will be placed around the walls of the room in electron
shells.
Assessment: The students will be given a guided reading worksheet over the material covered
in the book.
Lesson #5
Objectives: The student will learn that atoms are made from protons, neutrons and electrons
and will learn the charges of each particle. The student will learn what particles are found in
the nucleus and how electrons are arranged around the nucleus. The student will learn about
the size of atoms and how differences in atoms make up different elements.
Resources/Materials: Overhead, power point program, worksheets
Primary Teaching Method: interactive online atomic model
Engagement/Purpose/Overview: The class will observe an interactive atomic model of an atom
and the class will experiment with different atomic structures.
Activities/Procedures: Class will start with a bellringer activity on the overhead going over
material from the day before. The teacher will give the class a brief lecture over the three types
of particles found in the atom, their charges and locations in the atom. The class will then look
at an online interactive model of an atom to investigate how an atom can be built. The class
will start with simple models of hydrogen and helium and the class will then get to choose
different elements that they want to make.
Assessment: The students will be assigned the questions at the end of the section.
Lesson Plan Assessment
Lesson Plan 1
Beginning
Developing
Accomplished
Exemplary
1
2
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4
Instruction Goal
and objectives
3
Score
3
instructional
Strategies
Assessment
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4
3
Technology
Used
3
3
Materials
needed
3
3
Organization
and
Presentation
Lesson Plan 2
4
Beginning
Developing
3
Accomplished
Exemplary
1
2
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Score
Instruction Goal
and objectives
3
instructional
Strategies
Assessment
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4
3
Technology
Used
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3
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needed
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Exemplary
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Score
4
Organization
and
Presentation
Lesson Plan 3
Instruction Goal
and objectives
instructional
Strategies
3
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Beginning
Developing
3
Accomplished
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0
Assessment
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needed
Organization
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Lesson Plan 4
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3
Exemplary
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Score
4
Beginning
Developing
3
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Instruction Goal
and objectives
4
3
3
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3
Technology
Used
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needed
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instructional
Strategies
Assessment
Organization
and
Presentation
Lesson Plan 5
2
Beginning
Developing
Accomplished
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Score
Instruction Goal
and objectives
3
3
instructional
Strategies
Assessment
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Technology
Used
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needed
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and
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Lesson Plan Assessment Discussion
Each of the five lessons takes a slightly different approach to teaching atomic theory to
students. Lesson one takes a traditional lecture and assignment approach to teaching them
material. This style is meant for those students that have an auditory learning style that can
take the content and visualize things in their head. There is little visual information except for a
few overhead slides of atoms that can get visual learners to see the structures.
Lesson number two takes a very hands on approach, letting the students make an edible
model of atoms. This is a fun activity that helps kinesthetic learners who need hands on
activities to learn. The plan in is strong on student activity, but perhaps is lacking in teaching
the core concepts.
Lesson number three uses the concept of expert groups to teach the material. It allows
the students to share ideas and makes them do a certain amount of the research on their own.
It is good for students that are very active and need to have movement and action when they
are in the classroom, but balances out good learning strategies as well. This is becoming one of
my favorite approaches.
Lesson number four is another modeling technique, but is more for the dramatic
students. It allows students to get up and move around the room. This technique would
probably be very memorable for the students, because they would know if they were a proton
or neutron and if they were in the center or an electron surrounding the nucleus.
Finally, lesson number five uses a more technology based activity to teach. The online
model allows for quick changes in the atoms and instant feedback to the students on what
changes they made to the model. It does a good job of helping them understand what goes
into an atom because it does not allow them to make atomic models that could not realistically.
Realistically when I am teaching this subject matter I would definitely use more than
one of these lesson plans to teach the subject matter. I have that it takes several days to cover
the subject matter and by using several different approaches you can catch all types of learning
styles. It is usually not possible to hit each style in a single lesson, but over several days the
material sinks in better as well.