DEMOCRACY
Name:______Holly Keeper _________Date:__________3/25/15________
Unit Essential Question:_ How do the various gas laws explain the
relationship between pressure and volume, volume and temperature,
pressure and temperature, and the number of particles in a gas sample? __
Lesson Topic:_Gas Laws - Phet Digram + Slides____Class:___Chemistry_____
PLANNING THE LESSON
With Democracy and Social Justice at the Center of Instruction
Focusing on the National Network for Educational Renewal (NNER)
Mission the 4-Part Agenda for Education in a Democracy
EQUAL ACCESS
ENCULTURATION
NURTURING
PEDAGOGY
STEWARDSHIP
To Knowledge
In Democratic Society
Safe and Caring for
All
of the Mission
What are you and your students doing today to advance the 4-Part
Mission? Connections:
With which part(s) of the Agenda does this lesson connect most
clearly? And how?
This lesson plan includes the use of a PhET simulation, giving all students a
chance to visualize and manipulate a system that shows the properties and
effects of the gas laws which we will cover in the upcoming lessons. PhET
diagrams have been thoughtfully developed to allow individuals to explore a
topic through their own inquiry while guidance is provided with an actual
visual representation of the topic being studied. This is especially useful with
the topic of gas laws. Students will have the chance to walk through the
provided worksheet using at their own pace. Hopefully by allowing students
to visualize the effects of each condition applied to a system, they will be
able to find their own understanding of each situation and thus find
understanding of the gas laws. In addition, this will allow for individual
guidance from the teacher as students work independently on the task and
may have questions as they move along. This form of authentic formative
assessment provides nurturing pedagogy in that it gives each individual the
opportunity to find meaning in the material without any risk. The worksheet
will be reviewed in the following class period and students will be given a
completion grade. Also, this simulation can be used throughout the
remainder of the unit for further guidance and review of the topics.
STANDARDS
(www.cde.state.co)
Content:
CDE 1.2 Matter has
definite structure that
determines
characteristic physical
and chemical
properties.
CDE 1.5. Energy exists
in many forms such as
mechanical, chemical,
electrical, radiant,
thermal, and nuclear,
that can be quantified
and experimentally
determined.
Literacy and
Numeracy:
21st Century Skills and
Readiness
Competencies in
Mathematics:
Mathematics provides
the grammar and
structure that make it
possible to
describe patterns that
exist in nature and
society.
Democracy and
21st Century Skills:
Colorado 21st century
skills in science SelfDirection:
Students must
generate their own
questions, and design
investigations to find
the answers.
Literacy and
Numeracy: SWBAT
explain how
mathematics provides
the language making it
possible to describe
patterns that exist in
nature by completing
the PhET diagram
activity.
Democracy and
21st Century Skills:
SWBAT identify the
importance of
generating their own
questions and
investigations by
completing the PhET
diagram activity.
OBJECTIVES
Content: SWBAT
Interpret the
characteristics of
different forms of
energy such as
mechanical and thermal
as they apply to a gas
by completing the PhET
diagram activity.
Literacy and
Numeracy:
As students complete
the PhET diagram
worksheet, they will
they will have the
opportunity to identify
the many mathematical
relationships at work as
Democracy and
21st Century Skills:
Students will be asked
to complete a ticket out
the door prompting
them to explain how
their individual
exploration of the gas
laws through the PhET
worksheet and be
prompted to explore the
ways in which energy
applied to a system can
affect the volume,
temperature, and
pressure of a sample of
gas.
Literacy and
Numeracy Patterns
Democracy and
21st Century Skills
Inquiry
Investigation
KEY VOCABULARY
Content
Pressure
Volume
Temperature
Number of Particles
Gas Laws
Energy
Thermal Energy (heat)
Mechanical Energy
Kinetic Energy
Literacy and
Numeracy
Why is it important to
identify the utility of
mathematic principles
when exploring other
content areas such as
chemistry, in the case
of gas laws specifically?
LESSON FLOW
Democracy and
21st Century Skills
Why is it important to
be able to employ selfdirection and inquiry
when exploring new
topics?
Next, well discuss what happened in the video and compare this
to their response to the warm-up question. This will lead us to the
discussion of todays topics.
Time
Pre-Assessment
The warm-up will help me determine where the kids are with the
relationships between pressure volume and temperature of a
sample of gas.
Time
Building Background
Link to Experience:
Students are likely familiar with a variety of gases, some more
commonly discussed than others. Greenhouse gases may be
something mentioned, methane, CO2, O2, etc. The students are
probably also familiar with balloons and aerosol cans which will
be used a lot as examples as we talk about the various gas laws.
Link to Learning:
All topics we have worked with thus far have utilized discussion of
the periodic table of elements, bond types, reaction types, and
energy. The gas laws relate to a specific phase of matter which
some elements or compound more readily take on than others.
The different phases occur due to the conditions of elements,
bond types, reaction types, and energy. In addition to this, we
Time
Time
Time
Time
Closure
What will you and the students do at the end of the lesson
Time
Next Step
The next lesson will include a powerpoint presentation about the
various gas and variables. The students will also be creating PTV
tools which will help them to make predictions by showing the
relationships between pressure, volume and temperature when
one of the three is held constant.