Tazewell High School

Tazewell High School

INSTRUCTIONAL LESSON PLANS

Teacher: Deskins Subject: Chemistry 1 Period(s): 1, 5, 7

Dates: May 8 – 12 Unit: Postponed Experiments / Nuclear Chemistry

SOL’s Covered by Learning Objectives:

CH.1 The student will investigate and understand that experiments in which variables are measured, analyzed, and evaluated produce observations and verifiable data. Key concepts include

a)  designated laboratory techniques;

b)  safe use of chemicals and equipment;

c)  manipulation of multiple variables, using repeated trials;

d)  accurate recording, organization, and analysis of data through repeated trials;

e)  mathematical manipulations (SI units, scientific notation, linear equations, graphing, ratio and proportion, significant digits, dimensional analysis);

f)  use of appropriate technology including computers, graphing calculators, and probeware, for gathering data and communicating results; and

CH.2 The student will investigate and understand that the placement of elements on the periodic table is a function of their atomic structure. The periodic table is a tool used for the investigations of

a)  average atomic mass, mass number, and atomic number;

b)  isotopes, half lives, and radioactive decay;

Learning Objectives:

1) Students will investigate and understand the basics of radioactivity and nuclear decay, including half-

life, by writing nuclear equations and graphically analyzing classroom generated statistical data.

2) Students will discuss the applications and issues of nuclear chemistry.

3) Students will determine the ideal ratio of fuel to oxygen to propellant to maximize the distance

traveled by a pipet rocket. (postponed stoichiometry lab)

Instructional/Assessment Strategies:

MONDAY:

1) Lecture/Examples/Guided Practice: Nuclear Decay & Transmutations

(give examples from reading, transp. + #71 on p. 901)

2) Classwork: p. 900 - # 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 59 (help get started)

TUESDAY:

1) Define Half-life – do sample problem

2) Class Simulation LAB: Determining half-life of dice and pennies (or M&Ms)

Do analysis using graphing calculator

3) Classwork: PROB p. 900 - #47, 61

WEDNESDAY:

1) Lecture / Video: How a Nuclear Reactor Works

2) Compare: Fission vs. Fusion (and implications for the future of Nuclear Power)

THURSDAY:

1) Lecture / Video: Manhattan Project and How to Build a Nuclear Bomb

2) Compare: Fission Bomb (Uranium or Plutonium) and Fusion Bomb (Hydrogen)

FRIDAY:

1) LAB: Stoichiometry Rockets