Mrs. Chausse’s Chemistry Gifted Lesson Plan: Unit 4 Electrons
September 28 – October 7, 2016
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
GLE/Standard: Physical Science 8
Objective: SWBAT accurately diagram electrons in the orbitals according to Schrodinger using
Aufbau’s Principle, the Pauli Exclusion Principle, and Hund’s Rule at 85% accuracy.
Materials: Elmo, periodic table
Lesson plan:
 Do now: Students will draw a Bohr model for two elements and describe what led to Schrodinger’s change in the model based on what they
remember from the previous unit
 Students will take notes on the sublevels of an atom and identify the number of orbitals and electrons in each suborbital.
 Students will take notes on the Aufbau Principle, Pauli Exclusion Principle, and Hund’s Rule to understand electron configuration.
 Students will diagram various elements’ electron configurations using the three rules on the worksheet.
Homework: finish the worksheet
Thursday, September 29, 2016
GLE/Standard: Physical Science 8
Objective: SWBAT write the unabbreviated and abbreviated electron configurations for
various elements using Aufbau’s Principle, the Pauli Exclusion Principle, and Hund’s Rule at
85% accuracy.
Materials: Elmo, worksheet from previous day, periodic table
Lesson plan:
 Do now: Students will draw the electron diagrams for two elements
 Students will review the work from the previous day
 Students will take notes on how to read the periodic table using Aufbau’s Principle and diagram their copy accordingly
 Students will take notes on how to write the unabbreviated and abbreviated electron configurations using the three rules
 Students will write the unabbreviated and abbreviated electron configurations for the elements from the previous day’s diagrams as practice
Homework: finish worksheet
Friday, September 30, 2016 –NO SCHOOL –PARISH FAIR HOLIDAY!
GLE/Standard:
Materials: Elmo,
Lesson plan:
 Do now
Objective: SWBAT
Homework:
Monday, October 3, 2016
GLE/Standard: Physical Science 8 and 9
Objective: SWBAT calculate the wavelength and frequency of waves at 85% accuracy.
Materials: Elmo,
Lesson plan:
 Do now: Students will write the short and long hand electron configuration for two elements
 Students will review the previous day’s work
 Students will review the Quantum Mechanical Model and how electrons orbit in waves
 Students will watch a short music parody on the EM Spectrum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_PVz8HrrCI
 Students will discuss the types of waves that the spectrum consists of and where they have heard of them before
 Students will take notes on wavelength, frequency, and the speed of light; three variables in the equation c = λ * f
 Students will calculate the wavelength or frequency of different waves based on their variables
Homework: finish worksheet; study for quiz tomorrow on electron configurations
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
GLE/Standard: Physical Science 8 and 9
Objective: SWBAT calculate the energy, wavelength, and frequency of photons in a given
problem at 85% accuracy.
Materials: Elmo,
Lesson plan:
 Do now: Students will get ready for quiz
 Students will take a quiz on electron configurations
 Students will review the previous day’s work
 Students will discuss how the colors of the rainbow range according to their wavelengths and if they could calculate the frequency based on just by
the color.
 Students will take notes on Plank’s equation
 Students will calculate the amount of energy required to release a photon given either the wavelength or frequency on a worksheet
Homework: finish worksheet
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
GLE/Standard: Physical Science 8 and 9
Objective: SWBAT explain how electrons can jump energy levels and break the Aufbau
Principle at 85% accuracy.
Materials: Elmo,
Lesson plan:
 Do now: Students will calculate the frequency or wavelength in a problem using the formula c = λ * f
 Students will review the previous day’s work
 Students will take notes on ground state and excited state and breaking Aufbau’s Principle when tying in Plank’s equation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWyAqQB9pvc
 Students will review the lab report and answer the pre-lab questions
 Students will review the material for the test on Friday
Homework: start studying for the test; Projects due TOMORROW!!!
Thursday, October 6, 2016
GLE/Standard: Physical Science 8 and 9
Objective: SWBAT estimate the amount of energy it takes to excite electrons in various
metals using the flame test at 85% accuracy.
SWBAT identify an unknown metal based on the color of the flame at 85% accuracy.
Materials: solutions, sticks, Bunsen burners, matches, aprons, goggles, lab reports, calculators, pencils, fire extinguisher (in case of emergency)
Lesson plan:
 Do now: Students will don lab safety gear and review the lab procedure again
 Students will conduct the labs according to the lab manual and collect their data
 Students will calculate the wavelength, frequency, and energy for each light seen
 Students will answer analysis questions
Homework: study for test tomorrow
Friday, October 7, 2016
GLE/Standard:
Materials: test, periodic table, pencil
Lesson plan:
 Do now: n/a
 Students will take test
Homework:
Objective: SWBAT take an assessment on the unit at 85% accuracy.