FORWARD PLANNING DOCUMENT

TERM/WEEKS: Term
Weeks 3-5

YEAR LEVEL: 8

LEARNING AREA/TOPIC: Chemical Science

AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
General Capabilities:
Literacy

Numeracy

ICT

Cross-curriculum priorities:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and
Cultures

WEEK
/
LESS
ON

AUSTRALIAN
CURRICULUM
LINKS
Science
Underst
anding

Science
as a
Human
Endeavo
ur

ACSSU152

ACSHE134

Critical and creative

thinking

Ethical
Behaviour

Asia and Australias engagement with Asia

Personal and social

Competence

Intercultural
Understanding

Sustainability

SPECIFIC
LESSON
OBJECTIVE

ASSESSMENT
(what & how)

TEACHING & LEARNING

EXPERIENCES
(include learner diversity)

KEY
QUESTIONS

Students are able to:

1. State that elements are
substances with only one
type of atom.
2. Identify and describe and
locate elements on the
periodic table.
3. Understand how
Mendeleevs contribution
to chemistry deeply
impacted our knowledge of
the elements and their
properties.

Formative
Class discussions,
answers provided and
questions asked by
students
KWL Charts
Student interaction with
the website.
Remedial: Pair these
students with stronger
students.
Extension: Students
can teach weaker
students why we have
periodic table and how
to find elements.

Elements and the Periodic Table

Intro: Introduce the concept of elements being the simplest substance and
that they are purposefully arranged on Mendeleevs Periodic Table.
Body:
1. Give students a KWL chart and ask them to write what they know about
the topic in K column. Discuss what they know with class.
2. Show YouTube video. Ask the class to Think-Pair-Share, then fill in the W
column with questions about what they want to know. Discuss questions
with class.
3. Explain and reiterate with examples what students heard in the video by
referring to a projection of the periodic table.
4. Ask students to work individually and access the Human touch of
chemistry website. Students must select any element of their choice from
the list provided on the white board and using the interactive periodic table
state - what the element is? What is it used for? How was it discovered
and by who? What is the atomic number?
Conclusion: Students to write what they learned in L column, then hands
up to encourage class discussion on what they learned. Link to next lesson
on properties of elements. Homework: Qs. 1-5 p.254.

Who designed the

periodic table as we
know it today?
Why is the periodic
table the structured
the way it is?
What does the
periodic table tell
us? What doesnt it
tell us?

RESOURCES

Science
Inquiry
Skills

KWL Chart
The human touch of
chemistry
http://humantouchof
chemistry.com/perio
dic-table.htm#
TED-Ed Lesson: The
genius of
Mendeleev's periodic
table
https://www.youtube.c
om/watch?
v=fPnwBITSmgU
Projection of
Periodic table
Pearson Science
year 8 pg 252-254