Introducing the Atom

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Structure of the atom; this video is a good overview of the structure and size of an atom:

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If you are interested further exploring the structure of an atom, here is a video that you might like to watch for home learning:

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Read 'A closer look at atoms' and attempt Q 5, 10 and 12

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Read 'Atoms and elements' and then answer the following review questions:

Q. 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 13, 14. 

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Attempt the highlighted questions on this document

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 Have a go at the following game to gain an insight into how to construct an atom.
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Show the first 15 minutes of the video
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Go to Pearson Places and follow these instructions

Go to my passport
Go to Science Place
Go to Science Resource Centre
Put in the subject chemistry
Choose the topic Elements
Examine some of the infobase’s that interest you.

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Questions for students to research/ discuss
What is chemistry?
What is an atom?
What are atoms made up of?
How are atoms classified or grouped?
How do atoms join together?
What makes a chemical reaction?
What types of chemical reactions are there?

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Get students to share their answers to their research in table groups.

 

Get table groups to report back to the rest of the class.

 

These reports should build the classes notes on this lesson, all students need to record this set of notes