Student Learning Map

  • Topic:Atomic Structure/Nuclear
  • Subject(s):Science
  • Days:20
  • Grade(s):11
Key Learning: Atoms are the building blocks of all matter. Our present atomic model is the result of over 2000 years of development and that development continues today. Properties are determined by electron arrangment. Nuclear changes can have beneficial or harmful co
Unit Essential Question(s):
 
 
What makes one atom different from another?
   
Concept: Development
Concept: Atom Structure
Concept: Nuclear chemistry
Lesson Essential Question(s):

How has the use of the scientific method caused the atomic theory to evolve? (A)

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What are the three subatomic particles and where is each located within the atom? (A)

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How do fission, fusion, and radioactivity change matter? (A)

Concept: Electron Arrangment
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Lesson Essential Question(s):

How does the arrangement of the electrons in the electron cloud determine the properties of the element? (A)

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Vocabulary Report

  • atomic theory -
  • nucleus -
  • electron -
  • nuclear fission -
  • electron cloud -
  • electron cloud -
  • nuclear fusion -
  • nucleus -
  • energy level -
  • radiation -
  • electron cloud -
  • energy level -
  • energy level -
  • radioactivity -
  • proton -
  • sublevel -
  • alpha -
  • neutron -
  • orbital -
  • quantum -
  • spin -
  • electron -
  • beta -
  • wave theory -
  • quantum numbers -
  • quark -
  • particle theory -
  • and gamma radiation -
  • half-life -
  • Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle -
  • spectroscopy -
  • Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle -
  • isotope -
  • gold-foil experiment -
  • Hund's Rule of Maximum Multiplicity -
  • ion -
  • Hund's Rule of Maximum Multiplicity -
  • nuclear mass defect -
  • Pauli's Exclusion Principle -
  • Pauli's Exclusion Principle -
  • strong force -
  • atomic number -
  • oil-drop experiment -
  • weak force -
  • ground state -
  • atomic mass -
  • excited state -
  • electron configuration -
  • orbital notation -
  • Lewis structure -