Unit 3 Lesson Plans- Electrons
2015-2016 CP
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Objective
Notes- Wave Nature /Electromagnetic Spectrum
- What is meant by the wave nature of light and how does it relate to electrons?
- What are the four characteristics of all waves?
- How are wavelength and frequency mathematically related?
- What is the speed of light’s symbol and number?
- What is the electromagnetic spectrum and how does the atomic spectrum relate?
Flame Test Activity
- What causes characteristic colors to be produced for certain metals?
- What color is normal for copper, strontium, sodium, potassium, etc?
- Can students use their observations of certain metal colors to determine two
unknown metals?
- How does flame testing relate to electrons?
Notes- Particle Nature of Light
- What is a quantum?
- How did Max Planck mathematically show that energy and frequency were
related?
- What is Planck’s Constant?
- What is the photoelectric effect and what modern technology did it lead to?
- What is a photon?
Quiz- Wave & Particle Nature of Light (open note)
- What are the characteristics of all waves?
- How can wavelength be calculated when given a frequency?
- How can energy be calculated when given a frequency?
- How are wavelength and energy related?
- What is an atomic emission spectrum?
Start Notes Quantum Theory
- Why are some element’s atomic spectra’s discontinuous while other are not?
Notes Quantum Theory
- Why are some element’s atomic spectra’s discontinuous while other are not?
- What did Bohr’s model show about energy levels of electrons?
- What is a photon’s role in the Bohr model?
- What were the flaws in the Bohr model?
- How did de Broglie try to fix the flaws in Bohr’s model?
- If a wave can be a particle can a particle be a wave?
Notes Quantum Theory
-What is Heisenberg’s Uncertainty principle?
- How does thinking about a balloon in a dark room compare to finding an electron?
- What is the quantum mechanical model that Schrodinger produced?
- How did Schrodinger explain the picture of an atomic model?
- What are quantum numbers?
- How is the quantum number n related to l?
Atomic Orbital WS
Lab #4- Energies of Electrons
- What is an atomic emission spectrum?
- How can a spectrophotometer be used to view an atomic emission spectrum?
- How can a wavelength be calculated using a diffraction grating and a
spectrophotometer?
- Does every element have the same atomic emission spectrum and if not why?
- How can percent error be calculated for the viewed wavelengths?
Lab #4 Quiz
Electron Distribution Activity
- How can an electron cloud be simulated?
- What data can be determined by looking at electron distribution?
- How can probability plots be interpreted?
- How is a moving fan blade like an electron cloud?
- How can your data be graphed?
Homework (due dates)
- Wave Nature WS
Per 2- 11/3
- Flame Test Activity
Per 2- 11/9
- Wave/Particle Nature WS
Per 2- 11/11
- Quiz Wave and Particle
Per 2- 11/11
- Atomic Model Scientists WS (first 2)
Per 2- 11/17
- Atomic Model Scientists WS (last 2)
Per 2- 11/18
- Lab #4 Quiz
Per 2- 11/18
- Finish Electron Activity
Per 2- 11/19
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Rules for Electron Configuration
- What are the rules for electron configuration?
- What is the Aufbau Principle and how does it relate to s, p, d, and f orbitals?
- What is Pauli’s Exclusion Principle?
- What is Hund’s Rule?
- How can Hund’s Rule be shown visually?
Notes Electron Configuration
- What is electron configuration?
-Where on the periodic table is the s, p, d, and f’s located?
- What does every element’s electron configuration look like?
- What happens with the f’s? d’s?
Color Periodic Orbitals
Electron Configuration Battleship
- How can students practice electron configuration by using the game battleship?
- What must be done to sink a “ship”?
- How is the periodic table used as the game board for this version of battleship?
- How can this be done for noble gas configuration and standard electron
configuration?
Noble Gas/Orbital Diagram Notes
- What is noble gas electron configuration?
- Why is noble gas configuration used?
- What is orbital diagram configuration?
- How is orbital diagram configuration shown visually?
- What are the two exceptions to all electron configuration rules?
A -What are valence electrons and how can valence electrons be calculated from
electron configuration?
- What is a electron dot structure and how is it visually shown?
Valence Electron WS in Class
Review for Test
- What is the wave equation? Particle equation?
- What was Heisenberg’s uncertainty principal?
- Who was Hund and what does his rule say?
- How do you find electron configurations?
- How do you find valence electrons?
Electron Configuration Project- Lab #5
-What are the electron configuration, the noble gas configuration, and the orbital
diagram for 12 different elements?
-How must orbital diagrams be labeled to be correct?
-How can these configurations be displayed in a creative eye popping way?
Electrons Test
- What did de Broglie say about electrons acting as waves and particles?
- What is an electron cloud?
- How do you draw a electron dot structure from the number of valence electrons
calculated?
- What happens to the d’s when doing electron configuration? What happens to
the f’s?
- What is the photoelectric effect and who found this concept?
-Electron Configuration WS (start)
Per 2- 11/24
- Electron Configuration WS (finish)
Per 2- in class
- Noble Gas Electron Configuration/
Orbital Diagram WS
Per 2- 11/25
- Study for Test
Per 2- 12/3
Finish Project Due by 12/11
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