PACKED ASSORTED COLORS FOR KIDS WEEK – SEE SEPTEMBER CALENDAR
Monday 22nd, 2008
AIM: p.42 - How did Rutherford describe his new model of the nuclear atom
PROCEDURE: Students will recall that mass is a measure of the amount of matter that makes up an object and learn that in the model of an atom most of the mass is made up of tiny particles.
HOMEWORK: Mini Lab on LL using the Scientific Methods
Study chap. Vocabulary words for test on 9/25/08
Tuesday 23rd , 2008
AIM: p. 44 -Comparing Atom and Nucleus
PROCEDURE: Students will use a poppyseed bagel to demonstrate the nucleus of an atom and
the diameter of a stadium.
HOMEWORK: What are protons, neutrons, electrons on LL
Wednesday 24th, 2008
AIM: p. 47 – What is the nucleus of an atom?
PROCEDURE: Oral reading, notes and discussion on the atom.
HOMEWORK: Study for Test and draw the three isotopes on p. 47 in NB
Thursday 25th, 2008
AIM: Chapter 2 vocabulary test.
What is the process of radioactive decay?
PROCEDURE: Students will understand that isotopes are atoms of the same elements that have
different number of neutrons.
HOMEWORK: Copy chart on p. 48 – Isotopes of Carbon
Friday , 2008
AIM: p.48 -What is transmutation and how does it lead to another element?
PROCEDURE: Students will learn that the ejecting of particles from the nucleus changes into
another element.
HOMEWORK: No Homework
