In this unit we will learn about the atom and its structure. From atomic models to electron configurations we will see how complex a residence the electron has in an atom.

 

 

Unit Outline

Day 1 - 
Review Unit 1 Test
Ted Ed Video: Just How Small is an Atom?
Scale:  Uses metric conversions to go from coffee been to carbon atom (for perspective)
Worksheet: Notes – Chapter 4 Fill-in
Chapter 4 Notes, Slides 3-8:  Subatomic particles
Chapter 4 Notes, Slides 9-12: Reading periodic table (atomic number, mass number, practice)
PhET Simulation – Build an Atom
Explore Learning – Element Builder Gizmo
Chapter 4 Notes, Slides 14-16:  Effect of changing particles
Worksheet:  Chapter 4 – Atomic Structure, Sheet 1
HW:  Worksheet:  Chapter 4 – Atomic Model Timeline

Day 2 - 
IPOD # 7 – atomic structure chart
Review HW
Worksheet:  Atomic Structure, Sheet 1 (finish)
Chapter 4 Notes, Slides 14-16:  Effect of changing particles
Chapter 4 Notes, Slide 17:  Isotope definition
Chapter 4 Notes, Slide 18-20:  Practice
Lab:  Beans
HW:  Worksheet:  Chapter 4 – Atomic Model Timeline

Day 3 - 
IPOD # 8 – isotopes
FC – Atomic Structure & Isotopes
Worksheet: Notes – Chapter 5 Fill-in
Chapter 5 Notes, Slides 2-4: Democritus & Dalton
Chapter 5 Notes, Slides 5-7: Thompson
Chapter 5 Notes, Slides 8-9: Rutherford
Chapter 5 Notes, Slides 10: ChadwickChapter 5 Notes, Slide 11-12:  Bohr
Demo: Energy Levels (with candy)
Chapter 5 Notes, Slides 13-22:  Schrodinger – quantum mechanical  model, orbital shapes, capacity
Activity: Color code periodic table (shows s,p,d,f)
Chapter 5 Practice, Slides 23-24:  Writing configurations

Day 4 - 
Chapter 5 Practice, Slides 23-24:  Writing configurations
Chapter 5 Notes, Slides 25-26: Shorthand Notation
Chapter 5 Notes, Slides 27: Exceptions
Chapter 5 Notes, Slides 28-30: Orbital Notation, Filling Rules
Worksheet: Chapter 5 – Electron Configurations, Orbital Notation                

Day 5 - 
IPOD # 9 – electron configurations/orbital notations
Worksheet: – Chapter 5 – Electron Configurations, Orbital Notation

Day 6 - 
IPOD # 10 – electron configurations/orbital notations
Worksheet: – Chapter 5 – Electron Configurations, Orbital Notation
Demo:  Energy Levels with lab stools/table and candy (slide 31)
Chapter 5 Notes, Slides 32-33: Flame Tests
Lab – Flame Test
Notes, Slides 34: Quantum, photon

Day 7 -
Quiz – electron configurations
Ted Ed Video: “Is light a Particle or a Wave?”
Demo: Iron Filings (Electrons falling back to their ground state after being excited looks like sparklers or fireworks)  
Ted Ed Video: “What is Color?”   
Chapter 5 Notes, Slides 41: EM Spectrum (use to review inverse nature of wavelength & frequency)   
Chapter 5 Notes, Slides 42-44: Atomic Emission Spectra                                     
Activity – Labeling the Periodic Table
Follow instructions to color – use pages 142-143 in textbook (add Halogens!)

Day 8 - 
Ted Ed Video: “The Genius of Mendeleev’s Periodic Table”
Chapter 6 Notes, Slides 4-5: Periodic Law
Chapter 6 Notes, Slides 6-8: Valence electrons
Chapter 6 Notes, Slides 9-29: Characteristics of metals/nonmetals/metalloids, families (with valence electrons)
Chapter 6 Notes, Slides 31-35: Octet Rule
Chapter 6 Notes, Slides 36-38: Lewis Dot Notation
Worksheet: Guided Notes – Periodic Table
Ted Ed Video: “Solving the Puzzle of the Periodic Table”

Day 9 - 
IPOD # 11 – chart (family, configurations, valence, lewis dot, anion/cation, ion charge)
Activity: Trend Identification (using lab station graphs)
Worksheet: Guided Notes – Trends
Chapter 6 Notes, Slides 41-46: Atomic Radius Trend
Chapter 6 Notes, Slides 47-52: Ionization Energy Trend
Chapter 6 Notes, Slides 53-57: Electronegativity Trend
Chapter 6 Notes, Slides 58-61: Ion Size Trend
Chapter 6 Notes, Slide 62: Summary of Trends                                                                      

Day 10 - 
Chapter 6 Notes, Slides 53-57: Electronegativity Trend
Chapter 6 Notes, Slides 58-61: Ion Size Trend
Worksheet: Chapter 6 – Circle the Trend

Day 11 - 
IPOD # 12 – trends
Demo: Sodium & Potassium
Core Prep: Mock Data (graphing, line of best fit, interpreting line)
Worksheet:  Practice Core Study Guide
Worksheet:  Periodic Practice #3

Day 12 - 
IPOD # 13 – family & trends (name an element that…)
Worksheet:  Unit 2 Review
Worksheet:  Study Guide
Worksheet:  Periodic Table puzzles

Day 13 - 
Practice CORE – Periodic Trends 
Worksheet:  Unit 2 Review
Worksheet:  Study Guide                                                                                                             

Day 14 - 
Unit 2 Test – Chapters 4-6