Emily Daigle

Education Field Experience EDUC 230-01

Professor Suk
Spring 2014
High School Lesson Plan

Grade Level: 11

Subject: High School Chemistry Topic: Periodic Table

Objective: The students will be able to locate an element on the periodic table based on its
atomic number.

Standards: NJCCCS for Science 5.2.12.A.3 (NJCCCS, 2009)
Predict the placement of unknown elements on the Periodic Table based on their
physical and chemical properties.

Materials:
Students: notebooks, pencils, textbook, note packet
Teacher: PowerPoint slides, Epson Board, periodic table handouts, GPB video,

Prerequisite Skills and Knowledge: The students have completed a unit on the physical
properties of liquids, solids, and gasses and the forces of attraction between atoms,
ions and molecules. The students have notes to refer to in their notes packet.

Anticipatory Set: Walk into class wearing a lab coat with a blank periodic table on the
Epson Board.

Input and Modeling: The teacher will provide note packet for the students to complete
while going through a PowerPoint slideshow. It will discuss the arrangement of
elements based on their atomic number, atomic mass, being a metal or a nonmetal,
and the grouping of the elements on the table. The teacher will also fill in the blank
periodic table that was projected on screen so the students to observe and fill in the
corresponding one in their packet.

Student Practice and Checking for Understanding:
1. The students will be given a worksheet on understanding the arrangement of the
periodic table. It will require the students to refer to their notes to outline the
groupings on the periodic table. Teacher will walk around and answer any questions
that may arise and offer feedback.
2. Students will get together with their lab group to check each others work on this
worksheet. Teacher will continue to offer support when needed and monitor the work
of the students.



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Closure: Lesson Wrap-up and Culminating Activity
1. Todays ticket out is to pick one of the groups from the period table and list the
elements included in the group. See you tomorrow!
2. At the end of the unit of study, the students work together to piece the periodic table
together. Each student will be assigned 2 or 3 elements and will be required to give
atomic number, atomic mass, metal or nonmetal, and placement on the table, which
includes what group it belongs to. Students will be graded on a rubric that looks at the
accuracy of their findings.





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References

Education, The New Jersey Department of. (2009) 2009 Core curriculum
content standards revision project. Retrieved from science standards report
http://www.state.nj.us/education/cccs/standards/5/index.html