ESSENTIAL

LEARNING

OUTCOMES

What will the students know or be able to do at the end of the lesson?

ASSESSMENT

How will the students demonstrate that they have accomplished the desired outcome?

STRATEGIES

In what activities will the students be engaged to accomplish the desired outcome?

3 HOTS QUESTIONS

e.g. one should be on knowledge, one on application, and one on synthesis or evaluation.

Mon

4/30

Page 

175

 Students will learn about atoms

Students will explain how changing an atom’s composition produces different elements.

Students will draw and label the different parts of an atom.

1.  Why is it difficult to study the individual parts that make up matter?

2.  Name instruments that are used to look at these parts.

3.  Discuss the pieces that go together to make a building.

Tues

5/1

Page 

175

Students will learn about waves. 

Students will compare and contrast particles and waves.

Students will identify waves other than light waves that also transmit energy. 

1.  What properties do particles have that waves do not have?

2.  Identify one example of energy in the classroom.

3. Why is frequency and wavelength important?

Wed

5/2

Page

175

 Students will learn how elements and atoms are related.

 Students will create a work of art using only dots, such as dots from a crayon, marker, or stickers.

 Students will demonstrate how atoms make up matter similar to the way that tiny dots can group together from the image of a larger object.

1.  Do you think that Democritus was correct?

2.  Does atoms exist?

3.  How are elements and atoms related?

Thurs

5/3

Page

175

Students will learn what are electrons, protons, and neutrons. 

Students will reread paragraph 3 of page E21 and summarize it in one or two sentences.

Students will oral read that are electrons, protons, and neutrons and discuss their functions. 

1.  What is the nucleus of an atom?

2.  How have people’s views of atoms changed over the past 200 years?

3.  Are all carbon atoms alike?

Fri

5/4

Page

175

Students will learn the periodic table.

Students will view the periodic table and answer the questions at the top of the page.

Students will list the atomic number, elelment symbol, and element name. 

1.  What is the periodic table?

2.  How are new elements discovered?

3.  What information is presented in each box of the periodic table?

Bloom’s Taxonomy

 (HOTS Questions)

-Knowledge

-Comprehension

-Application

-Analysis

-Synthesis

-Evaluation

School Grade Weighting Scale:

Tests and Quizzes (50%):

Classwork/ Participation (20%):

Homework (15%):

Projects/ Portfolios (15%):

Multiple Intelligences/ Differentiated Instruction:

Use of Technology:

   ____ Smartboard

   ____ Student Response System