C1.8 Electronic configuration

Bronze: Describe the rules for drawing electronic configurations.

Silver: Draw and write the electronic structure of the first 20 elements.

Gold: Explain properties according to electronic structures.

Do Now: How many protons, neutrons and electrons in Lawrencium?

Starter: Exam question. Define an electron: (4 marks). On Ppt with mark scheme.

Main:
Introduction to the drawing of electrons.

Students to write down the rules of drawing electron configurations

Students complete the electronic configuration worksheet. (Challenge questions included.)

Teacher to check students are drawing correctly as the students work through the worksheet.

Complete the electronic configuration checkpoint to assess understanding.

Discuss challenge questions as a whole class with higher ability classes.

Plenary:
Students to draw an electronic configuration and annotate how they drew this using the B > D criteria.

Self-assessment of end point against the criteria.
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• Electronic configuration worksheet can be teacher marked. Students can then be asked to complete a challenge question as their target.