Instructor

Jesse Braxton

Standards
Materials

Course Title
Biochem I

10 min

10 min

Unit
Intro to Chem

3.2.10.A1 Predict properties of elements using trends of the periodic table.

Cut out element cards with information about their chemical and physical properties
Flipchart paper
Glue sticks
Markers

Objective
Students will understand that the periodic table is
organized based on the periodic properties of
elements.

Agenda/Time

Lesson Date (time)

12/1/15

5 Es
Engage
(Quick Start/
Review)

Explore

Explain
(Guided
Practice)
45 min

Extend/
Elaborate

Essential Question
What are the principles used to organize the periodic table?

Lesson Agenda
Learning Activities
Teacher will
Students will
Note student responses as a way of
Take 5 minutes to think and write
diagnosing students background
down their response to the warmup
knowledge of atomic theory.
question What do you think of when
you hear the word atom? We will
then take 5 minutes for students to
share their answers.
Presentation on the history of atomic Take notes on the presentation
theory and how we now define
atoms, elements, and compounds
Assist students to stay on task and
Students split into groups of 4, and
succeed in creating an organizational each group receives a stack of cards.
system.
Each card has printed on it the name
of an element and the elements basic
physical and chemical properties.
Each group must create a system for
visually organizing the elements,
using their properties as a basis for
doing so.
Facilitate student presentations in a
Students present their organizational
go-round style.
systems to the group.
Reveal Mendeleevs periodic table
and do a brief overview of the
principles used in organizing it.

Walker Lesson Plan Template for ISA Grade 7

Instructor
Jesse Braxton

0 min
Homework
Core
Vocabulary

Notes/Lesson
Differentiation

Course Title
Biochem I

Evaluate
(Assessment/
Closure)
None.

Lesson Date (time)

12/1/15

Unit
Intro to Chem

Students turn in finished

organizational system.

Atom, element, compound

Additional elements that were discovered at a later date can be distributed to groups
that finish the organizational system early, which they can then determine how to
incorporate.
I can provide assistance as needed to individual groups to set them on the right track.

Walker Lesson Plan Template for ISA Grade 7