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ELLEN MCHENRY THE ELEMENTS UNIT PLAN Session Read Activity

Chapter 1 What is an element? 1 2 3 4 p1 p3 p5-6 p9-10 Activity 1, 2, (p2) Activity 3 and 4 (p4) P6, p7. 'Quick six game', p77. Listen to 'chemical compounds' song on CD. 'Quick six' game, p77 (pre-prepared) Chapter 2 Periodic Table 5 6 p11-14 Activity 1 and 2, p15 (need internet) and activity 3, p16. Teacher section, p79 : electrolysis of water. Need: copper wire, battery, water, clear container, carbon rods or sharpened pencil stubs. 7 p19-20(atomic chef) 8 Chapter 3 Atoms 9 p21-25 Look at pictures of electron clouds online, p23. (need internet) 'Element 'fishing game', p91.(pre-prepared) 'Make five' (make a mineral) game, p79. (Pre-prepared) Activity 5 , p18 (need skipping rope) or do activity for session 7

10 11 12 p28 p31-32

Play the 'Atom-izer' p25-27. (Pre-prepared. Need tokens) Activity 4, p28 . Activity 5 and 6, p29 (need internet) Crossword, p30

Chapter 4 More about atoms 13 14 p33-34 p37 p39-40 15 'Periodic Table Game', p94. Need: pennies, pre-prepared game board, counters and two dice. Chapter 5 Alkali & Halogen families 16 p41-43 Activity 1 and 2, p41-42, (need internet) [couldn't get video to work for activity 1. Try www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8oKY9nCDLK as an alternative 17 p45 Activity 3, p44. Need salt, hairdryer, water, bowl. Activity 1, p46. 'Watch alkali family members going up in flames'. (need internet) 18 p47-48 'A disappearing trick', lab experiment 2, p127. Need: liquid bleach, small clear container, eye dropper, food colouring. 19 'An edible chemical reaction', lab experiment 4, p127-128. Need: citric Activity 1 and 2, p35-36 Activity 3, p36, and 4, p38.

acid, baking soda, sugar. 20 'Make a model of an ionic compound', p128. Need: table salt, magnifying glass, (mini) marshmallows, toothpicks. Chapter 6 Noble gases and non-metals 21 p49-50 p51-53 22 p55-56 Activity 1, p50 Activity 2 and 3, p53 -54 (need internet) Make molecules (using plastic molecule set?), p138.

Chapter 7 Metals semi-, pure and transition 23 p57-61 Activity 2, p61 'Bonding song' (need Elements CD) Activity 4, p62 (need internet) 24 Activity 2, p139, 'Spotlight on silicon'. Need: sand, magnifier/microscope. 24 p63-64 'What happens when iron combines with oxygen?' Experiment p139. Need: 5 pieces of steel wool, vinegar, thermometer, large clear container with lid, 4 small clear containers with lids, water, paper towels, soap. Chapter 8 Lanthanides and Actinides 25 26 P65-67 p69-70 Activities 1 and 2 p67-68 (need internet) Activity 3, p 68 and 2 (watch a demo on nuclear fission) (need internet)

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