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Opening Activity:

 List 5 things you know/think you know about the atom.

Opening Activity: 

Create an organizer about the atom that addresses the following questions: 

1. What does it look like?
2. What are its parts?
3. What is its purpose?
4. How did it originate?
5. What is it part of?
6. What is its importance?

Opening Activity: 

1. How old are you?
2. How old do you think the hydrogen atoms that make up the water in your body are?
3. How old do you think the iron that is in your blood is?

Opening Activity: 

Begin class by completing group presentations from yesterday.

Opening Activity: 

Virtual Field Trip Day!

  Lesson:

Class discussion of the Rutherford Experiment and visit website:

http://facweb.eths.k12.il.us/weinerj/animated_gifs/Rutherfords_Gold_foil_exper.gif .co

Activity:  Rutherford Experiment Simulation. 

Lesson:

Class activity:  A TOM in a bag.

Lesson:

Brief review of the Big Bang Theory and our discussions thus far on atomic structure. 

Today the class will work in groups to investigate the age of the elements.  The website,  http://www.thegreatstory.org

will be used to complete the assignment. 

Lesson:

In class today will focus on reviewing what we have covered this week:  Big Bang, atoms, subatomic particles, and an introduction to the periodic table. 

To help with the review and to help prepare for tomorrows class, a virtual field trip, we will use the handout Matterville and the Adams Family Song.    We will also use the handout Mystery Elements. 

Lesson:

Today in class we will journey to Matterville to assist in solving the Matterville Mystery.

We will discuss in class the project that accompanies this lesson.  The rubric is attached at the bottom of this page. 

Please see the Virtual field trip link on my website

www.geocities.com/divacatmarg

Assessment:

1.  Exit slip question:

What could you and Rutherford conclude about the structure of the atom based on the results of your experiment?

2.  Activity sheet :  Guiding questions  

 Assessment:

1.Exit slip question:

 In today’s activity and the Rutherford simulation, from yesterday, you learned about atomic structure. How do the two processes compare?

2. Activity sheet :  A TOM in the bag

3. Homework sheet:  Calculating an elements P.E.N. Number.

Assessment:

1.      Student activity sheet:  How old is your Hydrogen?

2.      Group presentations

Assessment:

1.  Class handouts:

Matterville (Adams Family Song) and The Mystery Element.

Assessment:

1.  Matterville Mystery project (police report). 

  Link to comic book creator:  www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/index.html

Handouts: 

RutherfordExperiment.pdf

Handouts: 

CalculatingandElement.pdf

Tominthebag.pdf

Handouts: 

HowoldHydrogen.pdf

Handouts: 

Matterville.pdf

MysteryElement.pdf

Handouts: 

 No handouts. 

See web links :

www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/index.html

www.geocities.com/divacatmarg