The Shell Model

How are electrons arranged?

How are effective nuclear charge and ionization energy related?

Instructor Notes:

This is a POGIL (Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning) lesson as adapted from –
Moog, Richard S, Farrell, John J. Chemistry Activities #4 & #5, Chemistry: A Guided Inquiry, 5th Edition,
John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 2011.

This lesson can be used to introduce the topic before a direct instruction lesson (most effective), or to
replace the direct instruction lesson (effective), or to reinforce a direct instruction lesson (least effective).

To be completed in 80-85 minutes in a block class period (or in two single periods) in small groups
according to the POGIL instruction method as described at http://pogil.org

Pacing: (80-85 minutes)

(65 min of working time) + (15-20 min of time to check answers in brief whole-class discussions)

Thru #5 in 5 min

Thru #12 in 15 min (Check #8)

Thru #20 in 20 min (Check #15,16)

(Check #17d, 18c, 19, 20)

Thru Extension Question #8 in 20 min (Check #4, 5, 6)