Date: 4th 5th, 11th 12th, 25th 26th January 2010 Subject: Chemistry December Class: Grade 9 No.

No. of students: 22 Duration of lesson: 1hour 10 minutes Unit topic: Atomic Structure Lesson Topic: Sub-Atomic Particles Strategies: Lecture-Discussion, Direct Instruction, and Co-operative Learning. General Objectives: Students should gain knowledge about the Atomic Structure and Sub-Atomic Particles. Specific Objectives: From the slides shown, students should be able to: 1. State that matter is made up of very small particles called atoms. 2. State that the atom is divided into two areas, nucleus and shell. 3. Name the three atomic sub particles and state the properties of each. 4. Define atomic number and mass number. 5. Calculate the number of each particle in the atom and its mass number given the relevant details. 6. Define electronic configuration. 7. Place electrons on the first three shells accurately. 8. Write the electronic configuration given the number of electrons. 9. Draw the electronic configuration.

Previous Knowledge: Students are familiar with properties of matter. Summary of Content: An atom is the smallest building block of matter. Atoms are made of neutrons, protons and electrons. The nucleus of an atom is extremely small in comparison to the atom. All things around us are made of atoms. The clothes we wear, the buildings we live in, the air around us, even our own bodies. Atoms are the microscopic building blocks of every solid, liquid or gas. If all the atoms in a substance are the same type - it is called an element. Even a tiny atom is built of smaller building blocks. All atoms are built of 3 basic things: Protons, Neutrons, and Electrons. The simplest atom is Hydrogen. A hydrogen atom is built of one proton and one electron. The proton sits in the centre of the atom and forms the nucleus of hydrogen. The electron spins around the nucleus - a bit like a moon orbiting a planet. Hydrogen, as you can see in the diagram below, does not have any neutrons. Larger atoms have many protons and neutrons in their nucleus, and have many orbiting electrons.

Instructional Materials: Computer, and Multimedia Projector, Text Book Procedure: Step 1. (10 minutes) Teacher introduces the lesson and will lead a question session to ascertain students previous knowledge about matter and atoms. Step 2. (50 minutes) Teacher will develop the lesson.

Step 3. (10 minutes) Teacher will ask students to draw different atoms and their electronic configuration from the examples given.

Evaluation: Students were excited about the new topic as they felt this was real chemistry the challenging part. They were very enthused for at the beginning and only those students who were familiar and were reading ahead were able to keep their enthusiasm. Many students however had problems understanding the concept of such a small structure while other could not grasp the concept of charge. Many had problems with calculating the overall charge of the atom and this was because of their mathematics background. The rules of adding positive and negative had to be revisited for full understanding. At the end of the class almost all student said they understood.