ELEMENTS IN MOTION
by Robbie Chambers
Developed using the TECHNOLOGY AND LEARNING CONTINUUM MODEL
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List the objectives that support chosen learning standard goals and call for learners to gain information. |
List the instructional strategies that might be used to accomplish the objectives. |
List technology resources that might be used to accomplish the objectives. |
Create & describe learning activities that incorporate identified instructional strategies and available technology resources in a way that allows the learner to accomplish objectives. |
Think about creative forms of assessment, list some possibilities, match assessments with objectives. |
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Georgia QCC Learning Standards |
Objectives |
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Subject: Science Strand/Course:
Topic:
Number:
Standard: Georgia
QCC’s National Science Standards
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Know
the three parts of an atom – protons, neutrons, and electrons – and
how they are arranged. Know
what makes elements different is the number of electrons, protons, and
neutrons. Know how to read the periodic table by element only.
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Presentation Demonstration Discovery
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Computers Projection device
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An
interactive 3D model will be used to teach students the structure of an
atom. The students will
choose element from the periodic table, predict the structure, and set
them in motion. |
Students are assigned different elements to explore as in steps 3 and 4 |
Guided
Learning Activity:
1.
Learners should first review the structure of atoms – protons,
neutrons, and electrons. An
excellent web source is www.chem4kids.com
2.
Learners should also be introduced to the periodic table, but
only as to the structure of elements.
Explain the symbols and numbers of one or two elements and
provide a paper copy of the periodic table.
3.
Draw a model on the board or overhead or use www.chem4kids.com.elements
to show an atom in two dimensions.
Have students copy and label the parts.
Be sure to emphasize the number of protons, electrons, and
neutrons as shown on the periodic table.
4.
Go to the 3D site www.parallelgraphics.com/showroom/solutions/distance-training/mendeleev/
and click on the element used in your model to “set in motion”.
The atom can be manipulated in all directions to see the electron
paths clearly.
5.
Choose another element from the periodic table and challenge
students to draw a model. Then
have a student click in the element to “set in motion”.
They should compare their model to the one shown to check for
understanding.
6.
To continue the activity and/or as an assessment activity
students can be assigned different elements to explore as in steps 3 and
4 above.