LESSON PLAN

Subject

Combined Science (Chemistry)

Class:

3I5

Unit

Atomic Structure and Stoichiometry

Date:

8 March 2016

Topic

Atomic Structure

Time:

0845 0945

Prior Knowledge
Students should already know:
1. how to describe, with the aid of diagrams, the structure of an atom which contains the subatomic particles (protons, neutrons and electrons), and
the relative charges and approximate relative masses of these subatomic particles.
2. interpret and use symbols such as C
3. how to define proton (atomic) number and nucleon (mass) number and how to deduce the number of subatomic particles in an atom given these
numbers
4. how to state and deduce the electronic configuration of elements
Instructional Objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. define isotopes as different atoms of the same elements having the same proton number but different nucleon number
2. explain why the mass number of Chlorine as stated in the periodic table is not a whole number
3. explain why isotopes have different physical properties but same chemical properties
Tim
e

Lesson Development
Introduction OR Pre-activity

5
mins
5
mins

15
mins

Settling down of class

Recap of previous lessons:
- Drawing of the electronic structure of Potassium
- Asking students to find out the number of protons, neutrons and
electrons in an atom of Potassium
- Asking students to draw the electronic structure of K and state the
electronic configuration of Potassium
Lesson Development OR Main Activities
Teacher to go distribute notes on isotopes.

Rationale (optional)

Resources

Students are given 15 minutes to investigate and answer the various properties
of potassium and to give plausible explanations on why isotopes have different
physical properties but similar chemical properties.
10
mins

After 15 minutes, teacher to reiterate main points on isotopes:

- Different atoms of the same elements having the same proton number but
different nucleon number
- Isotopes have same number of protons, electrons but different number of
neutrons
- Isotopes have same chemical properties but different physical properties
- Why chlorine has a mass number that is not a whole number.
Teacher to mention about different isotopes in nature using the following app:
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/isotopes-and-atomic-mass
Main points:
- Most of the elements have a dominant isotope

20
mins
Teacher to give out Practice Worksheet 2
Students are given the remainder of the time to complete the work, which is to
be submitted at the start of the next lesson.
Remainder of the time to be spent going through previous worksheets and
assignments.
Closure and Consolidation OR Post-Activity

Reflections (Choose 1 aspect of the lesson to reflect on positive or negative one. It can be written in point form not more than 1 page)
1. What happened? (What did my students do? What did I do?)

2. Why? (Why did I think things happened this way? Why did I choose to act the way I did?)
3. So what? (What have I learnt from this?)
4. Now what? (What do I want to remember to think about in a similar situation? How do I want to act in future?)

NOTE: General guidelines for a double-period lesson about 5 pages, excluding references and
worksheets/resources (Times New Roman, font size 12)
2015, NIE, Office of Teacher Education (OTE), Practicum