Lesson Plan Exemplar

Topic/Title Electronic Structure of Matter -

Date September 11, 2019
Time Allotment 60 minutes
Grade/Level Science 9
Learning Competencies/Objective
At the end of the cycle, students should be able to:
Explain how electrons are located in energy levels and write the electron configuration of the
elements and how to determine the number of valence electrons for atoms
ELICIT MATERIALS
*At the start of the session, the teacher will show the Atomic Model of Neils
Bohr.  laptop
 speakers
 projector

 Picture of the
Model of atom

ENGAGE

Contextualization: Let the student find a stair.Set the one that is in the
stage of the school.Describe it.

 How are electrons distributed in the atom?

Introduce students the idea that electrons surrounds the nucleus of an atom
in regions called energy levels.
EXPLORE
 Activity Paper
Show students that you have 80 cards (4 for each of the first 20 elements).  Element Cards
Before distributing the cards, explain that each card contains information
about electrons and energy levels for the first 20 elements of the periodic
table. The students’ job is to read the card carefully, figure out which
element the card is describing, and put the card at the spot in the room for
that element. Remind students that they will need to count the electrons in
order to identify each atom. Once students understand what their
assignment is, distribute the cards to groups
Download the card copy and blank periodic table here.
http://www.middleschoolchemistry.com/lessonplans/chapter4/lesson3
Guide question
What do you observe on the number of dots per energy level of the
elements?
Do you think the number of electron is a basis in arranging the elements in
the periodic table?
EXPLAIN
The student will paste and explain their finding on the activity Manila paper, marker
ELABORATE
 Electrons are moving around the nucleus do not have the same energy
 content. Thus, they vary in location.
 Electrons are group according to their energy. Laptop and projector
 The higher the energy of the electron the father it will be from the
nucleus example

1
H
 The main energy levels are represented by 1,2,3,4,5,6,7…
 They are also called shells are designated as K,L,M,N,O,P,Q…
 The tendency of electrons is to occupy the lowest shell or energy level
 To determine the number of electron in shell consider the formula 2 n2,
where n is the number of shell.
 The principal energy levels or shell may have one or more sublevels
assigned with letters s, p, d, f

Shell Type of sublevel and Maximum
number of orbitals Number of
Electrons
First (1) 1s (1 orbital) 2 x 12 = 2
Second (2) 2s (1orbital) 2 x22 = 8
2p (3 orbitals)
Third (3) 3s (1orbital) 2 x32 = 18
3p (3 orbitals)
3d (5 orbitals)
Fourth (4) 4s (1 orbital) 2 x42 = 32
4p (3 orbitals)
4d (5 orbitals)
4f (7 orbitals)
Fifth (5) 5s (1 orbital)
5p (3 orbitals) 2 x52 = 50
5d (5 orbitals)
5f (7 orbitals)
5g (9 orbitals)

A designation of the most probable distribution is called electron

configuration. The student will look on the Mnemonic device on
their periodic table of elements
  The valence electron give you the number of electrons at the
outermost energy level of the atom.

Example:

EVALUATE
Play Electron Configuration Bingo: pen and paper

Hand each student a blank Bingo card and have them choose 24 different
elements (up to and including Krypton) and place them randomly on their
Bingo card.

Then, the teacher can call out the electron configuration for a given element
and let the students figure out which element has been called. Either the
orbital (3s1) or simply the number of electrons from the noble gas can be
used.

The teacher can decide which configuration wins for each game played,
i.e., one line any way, four corners, postage stamp, full card etc.
EXTEND
Write the electron configuration of the following elements and identify the
number of valence electron.

1. Boron
2. Flourine
3. Sodium
4. Aluminum
5. Silicon

Reference
Science 9 Learner’s Module
http://www.middleschoolchemistry.com/lessonplans/chapter4/lesson3

Prepared by:

Jozette C. Zamora
Teacher I

Checked by:
Susie N. Lamela
Subject Coordinator