TPACK Template
Online Learning asynchronous
Environment
Content
Subject
Grade Level
Learning Objective
The objective of the lesson is what
students will be able to do as they
finish the activity. For this objective,
use the Standards of Learning (SOL)
to say what you want to focus on.
You can find the SOLs at
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/
look on the right of the screen for the
subjects and go from there.
Pedagogy
Online Activity Describe
what the learning activity will be as
the students meet with the teacher
online. What will the students and
the teacher be doing? (This includes
what they are doing with the
technology).
Science (specifically matter)
6th
The student will investigate and understand that all matter is
made up of atoms. Key concepts include
a) atoms consist of particles, including electrons,
protons, and neutrons;
b) atoms of a particular element are alike but are
different from atoms of other elements;
Since this would be an asynchronous class I would post the
lectures each day for the students to listen to and take notes.
Students will then be given links to different simulations to
conduct experiments. After the experiment some days will
be a simple exit note to show they have completed the
activities. Other day’s students will have to write a short
report on what they did. Some activities will be done as a
group. Students will meet up on zoom and go over a day
that works best for all them to meet. Then over zoom
students will each conduct the experiment on their own
computer but talk to each other throughout the assignment.
This will allow students to compare their work. Students
will record their zoom collaboration and either post on
blackboard or email for the teacher to listen to.
For this simulation it can work as an individual assignment
or a group assignment. For example in this simulation
students get to build their own atom. Not all the students’
atoms will be the same. This is a good way for the students
to compare and contrast their work. I chose to make this an
example of an asynchronous class because so many
students are doing E-Learning right now. This would be a
good example of what it would look like.
This simulation can be conducted on any device such as a
laptop, iPhone, or iPad. However, to see it properly and
answer the questions that come along with performing the
simulation it would work best on a computer or iPad. An
 iPhone would work but the simulation will be on a smaller
screen and may be a little hard to see.
The simulation shows the students the orbit and cloud
version of the atom. It also shows them the period table, net
charge, and mass number. It keeps track of the number of
protons, neutrons, and electrons.

The type of questions the students will have to answer can

include but around not limited to:
 How many protons are in helium?
 What are three names of atoms you created?
 How many protons, electrons, and neutrons did they
consist of?
 (Group work) Did anyone in your group make the
same atom? If so, what? If not, what was different
between your two atoms?
 Which model did you prefer to use, the orbit or the
cloud? Why?
 What are the colors of the protons, neutrons, and
electrons?
 Name an atom you made and its Mass Number
 What was your favorite atom you made and why?
These questions can help the teacher show the students
performed the simulation and get some feedback on if they
liked it and learned from it.

The students get to move the balls which are electrons,

protons, or neutrons to create an atom. This helps make the
simulation interactive and fun.
gyTechnolo

Technology https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/build-an-
Please provide the URL to the online
simulation
atom/latest/build-an-atom_en.html