Lesson Plan in Physical Science
Damulaan National High School
Leyte Division
January 13, 2020 Grade 12 HUMSS Cherry (7:30-
8:30)
I. OBJECTIVE
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
Explain how the concept of atomic number led to the synthesis of new elements in
the laboratory (S11/12PS-IIIb-11).
II. SUBJECT MATTER
A. Topic: The Atomic Number and the Synthesis of New Elements
B. References: Curriculum guide pp. 2
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C. Materials: Laptop, chalkboard, chalk, manila paper
D. Values Integration: Rationality— able to form judgements from data gathered and to
think logically.
III. PROCEDURE
A. Preliminary Activities
Prayer
Checking of attendance
Review
What are the different components of an atom?
Motivation
How does the concept of the atomic number lead to the synthesis of
elements?
B. Lesson Proper
1. Activity
The class will be divided into four teams. Each team will describe the following:
Team A: Moseley’s X-ray Spectroscopy
Team B: Discovery of Nuclear Transmutation
Team C: The Discovery of the Missing Elements
Team D: Synthesis of New Elements
2. Analysis
Each team will present their ideas in front of the class.
3. Abstraction
The atomic number is the number of protons (positively charged particles) in
an atom.
Henry Gwyn-Jeffreys Moseley was an English physicist who demonstrated that
the atomic number, the number of protons in an atom, determines most of the
properties of an element.
In 1919, Ernest Rutherford successfully carried out a nuclear transmutation
reaction — a process of transforming one element or isotope into another
element.
In 1925, there were four vacancies in the periodic table corresponding to the
atomic numbers 43, 61, 85, and 87. Elements with atomic numbers 43 and 85
were synthesized using particle accelerators.
A particle accelerator is a device that is used to speed up the protons to
overcome the repulsion between the protons and the target atomic nuclei by
using magnetic and electrical fields. It is used to synthesize new elements.
Elements with atomic numbers greater than 92 (atomic number of uranium) are
called transuranium elements. They were discovered in the laboratory using
nuclear reactors or particle accelerators.
4. Application
Research on the latest instruments used in preparing new elements in the
laboratory. What were the instruments used in preparing the newest four
elements, nihonium, moscovium, tennessine, and oganesson?
IV. EVALUATION
On a sheet of ½ paper, explain why do scientists study and synthesize new transuranium
elements in the laboratory? What are the uses of these elements?
V. ASSIGNMENT
Read in advance the next lesson.
*HUMSS Cherry – Vacant every Tuesday
Prepared by: PEARL ALLEN C. BARTE
Checked by: MARINEL R. CABILING