Lesson Plan

Teacher: Lindsay Jones

Subject Area: Science
Grade Level: 5th Grade

Common Core Standard: 5-PSI-1: Develop a model to describe the matter is

made of particles to small to be seen.

Anticipatory Set : Student would have already watch the flipped

classroom video before class so we would start out with the activity.

Objective/Purpose : At the end of this lesson students will be able to develop a

model and describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen by the
human eye. Students will also be able determine how an atom is constructed.

Input : Students must know how to read, and be familiar with science and the
elements of the periodic table.

Model (How will you be demonstrating the skill or competence?):

Guided Practice :
Activity: Give each student a piece of paper and scissors and have them cut each
piece in half just like Democritus did with the apple, see who gets the smallest.
Continue through the lesson talking about the plum pudding model and the gold foil
experiment (the whole history should take less than 20 minutes)
After we finish the history part of the lesson, we will discuss and make sure
students know how to find protons, neutrons, and electrons using the periodic
table. (10 minutes)
Construct a worksheet so the students know for sure what they are being taught.
(give them about 10 minutes and whatever isn’t finished is homework)
Then go into the fun activity.
· Say you have 20 students in your classroom, divide them into 4 groups of 5
· Give each group 10 negatively charged balloons, 10 neutral balloons and 10
positive balloons.
· Give students 5 minutes to create as many atoms as they can, taking a
picture for each element they made.
Materials: Balloons, scissors, paper, worksheet
Evaluation of the Lesson: If students are able to participate in the balloon activity
and finish the worksheet, students understand how atoms are constructed.
Meaning they understand how to find the number of protons, neutrons and
electrons.

Check for Understanding : I will check for understanding though each

activity.

Closure (What method of review and evaluation will be used to

complete the lesson?): At the end of the day I will have students email
the pictures they took to me to make sure they understood the
concept of an atom.

Independent Practice: Encourage students to make a model of an atom

with things they can find at home. So they can make sure they
understand the structure of an atom.
Another way I have been taught to create a lesson plan.

Lesson Plans
December 14, 2017 Grade: 5th
Subject: Science
Concept: Understanding an Atom
Essential Understanding: How atoms are structured and how to create an atom.
Essential Questions: How was the atom discovered and constructed up until today?
How do you build and construct an atom?
How do scientists know what an atom is made of?
How does knowing what an atom is made of help scientists organize the periodic table?
Pre-requisite Skills- Students must know how to read, and be familiar with science and the
elements of the periodic table.
Standard: 5-PSI-1: Develop a model to describe the matter is made of particles to small to be
seen.
Motivation: I am going to give students each a balloon, red balloons will be positive, neutrons
will be grey and negative balloons will be blue.
Vocabulary:
Physicist:
Chemist:
Body of the Lesson:
Beginning of the lesson: Go over the history of an atom and do the activity to help explain
Democritus.
Activity: Give each student a piece of paper and scissors and have them cut each piece in half
just like Democritus did with the apple, see who gets the smallest.
Continue through the lesson talking about the plum pudding model and the gold foil experiment
(the whole history should take less than 20 minutes)
After we finish the history part of the lesson, we will discuss and make sure students know how
to find protons, neutrons, and electrons using the periodic table. (10 minutes)
Construct a worksheet so the students know for sure what they are being taught. (give them
about 10 minutes and whatever isn’t finished is homework)
Then go into the fun activity.
· Say you have 20 students in your classroom, divide them into 4 groups of 5
· Give each group 10 negatively charged balloons, 10 neutral balloons and 10 positive
balloons.
· Give students 5 minutes to create as many atoms as they can, taking a picture for each
element they made.
Materials: Balloons, scissors, paper, worksheet
Evaluation of the Lesson: If students are able to participate in the balloon activity and finish the
worksheet, students understand how atoms are constructed. Meaning they understand how to find
the number of protons, neutrons and electrons.
Objective: At the end of this lesson students will be able to develop a model and describe that
matter is made of particles too small to be seen by the human eye. Students will also be able
determine how an atom is constructed.