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Detailed Lesson Plan in Chemistry

I. Objectives

At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:

1. Determine that objects carry positive and negative charges.

2. Describe why a charged object is attracted or repelled by another charged object.
3. Explain that the attraction between positive protons and negative electrons holds an atom
together.

II. Learning Tasks

A. Subject Matter: “Charge” it to experience!
B. Materials: chalk, board, monitor, laptop, tape measure, balloons, string , chairs, glass
(from a picture frame), cloth (flannel or silk cloth)
C. Reference: Science Grade 8 Student Learning Module by Pia C. Campo et.al p. 191-
195, Rader, Andrew. Atoms are Building Blocks.
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/atom_structure.html
D. Skills: Determining, Identifying, Describing, Explaining
E. Science Concepts:
 Atoms are made of extremely tiny particles called protons, neutrons, and
electrons.
 Protons and neutrons are in the center of the atom, making up the nucleus.
 Electrons surround the nucleus.
 Protons have a positive charge, Electrons have a negative charge and
Neutrons have no charge
 The charge on the proton and electron are exactly the same size but
opposite.
 Since opposite charges attract protons and electrons attract each other.
F. Values Integration

Students will be aware that objects are made up of atoms which contain their
own charges.
III. Teaching Strategy:

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY STUDENT’S ACTIVITY

Prayer.
Please align your chairs properly and pick up
the pieces of papers and wrappers on the
floor.
Good morning class.

A. Motivation
From our previous topic, you learned that
Atom is said to be as the smallest, basic unit
of matter. Even if it is the basic unit of
matter, it is still composed of smaller parts.
 So, we have a new topic this morning
in which you will have a deeper
understanding about atoms.
 Let us have an activity first; I guess
you probably know how to play this
since it is one of the famous games in
android phones and tablets which is
“4 pics 1 word” and the title of our
activity is Isn’t it AMAZING? Isn’t it
SURPRISING? Game!
 The mechanics of the game is you are Yes ma’am.
going to guess the word based from
the 4 pictures presented. Do you
understand?
 Okay, let us start. Poles, attract, positive, repel, neutral,
location, mass, negative and charge.
 Very good my dear students. These
are the key words that you are going
to encounter as we go along in our
lesson.
B. Presentation
In your activity 1, you are going to
perform the experiment entitled
“Charge” it to experience! Follow the
procedure then answer the questions
below.
C. Lesson Proper
Let us check.
 Where do all these charges come Atoms which contain subatomic particles.
from?
 TEACHER’S ACTIVITY STUDENT’S ACTIVITY
 Correct. Atoms are made of Protons have a positively charge, electrons
extremely tiny particles called have a negatively charge and neutrons have
subatomic particles. What are the no charge.
three subatomic particles of an atom?
What charges do they carry?
 So, your activity is about static
electricity and objects even they seem
to be electrically neutral can carry
“charges”.
In question number one, what happened The balloons pushed away each other. They
with the balloons? moved toward opposite directions

2. Did the balloons acquire the same The balloons acquired the same charge since
charge or different charges? What they repelled one another; like charges repel.
made you say so?
 Correct. Just like a magnet, it has two The magnets move apart.
ends or two poles, the north and the
south. What will happen if you put
the same poles next to each other?
 Very good. After you have rubbed
the balloons, they acquired a charge
since they pushed away each other.
Because the balloon, or synthetic
rubber, the material the balloon is made
of, acquire negative charges
3. What happened with the balloons? The balloons moved toward the glass.

4. Does the glass have a different or The glass and balloon have different charges
same charge as the balloon? What since they got attracted with each other;
made you say so? unlike charges attract.

 What happened when you rubbed the
glass? What charges do you think the
glass carried after it is rubbed with
the cloth?
 That’s right. Like the magnet, when
you place the north and south ends
next to each other, what will happen?
 Very good. Based on your activity,
what is your conclusion?
The glass becomes positively-charged since
the negatively-charged balloons were
attracted towards the glass.
They attract each other
Like charges repel or push away each other
and unlike charges attract or pull toward each
other.
 TEACHER’S ACTIVITY STUDENT’S ACTIVITY
 Very good. When we observe
magnets, like ends or poles repel,
unlike ends or poles attract and this
observation is similar in electric
charges. Either positive charge or
negative charge, behave similarly,
that is, like charges repel or push
away each other and unlike charges
attracts or pull toward each other.

This ends our discussion about the three

subatomic particles of an atom and their
respective charges.
I hope you have learned a lot. Goodbye.
D. Generalization

Atoms are made of extremely tiny particles called subatomic particles: protons have a
positive charge, electrons have a negative charge and neutrons have no charge. Objects are
electrically neutral which means they carry positive and negative charges. When objects
repel or push away each other they contain the same or like charges but if objects attract or
pull each other they have different of unlike charges.

E. Evaluation
A. Knowledge (True of False)
1. Protons have a negative charge
2. Atoms are bigger than neutrons.
3. Protons and neutrons are part of the nucleus.
4. Electrons have a positive charge.
5. Electrons are not part of the nucleus.
6. Protons are bigger than atoms.
7. Subatomic particles are found inside atoms.
8. Neutrons have a negative charge.
9. Electrons and neutrons attract or pull each other to have an electrically neutral
charge.
10. Nucleus is the center of the atom.
B. Process
How can we say that “like charges repel or push away each other and unlike charges
attract or pull toward each other”?
C. Understanding
Roland cut a strip of plastic to make a plastic band or ring. Next step, he rubs a cotton
towel over the surface of the balloon for 30-45 seconds. Then, he flattens the plastic band
on a hard surface and gently rubs the towel on the band for 30-45 seconds. He holds the
 plastic band about one foot over the balloon and releases it. What do you think
happened next? Did the objects repel or attract each other?
D. Product

(Activity 1 in the module)

Assignment:

Read and answer Activity 2 “The big difference”.