International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

Kolej Tunku Kurshiah

Department of Chemistry

UNIT PLANNER
Unit Plan

02

Start: Date
End: Date

Atomic Structure

Grade Level: IB Diploma

Teacher: Nur Hidayu Binti Ahmad

Unit Question:
Key Concepts in Chemistry

Matter Around Us
Interaction between Chemicals

Essential Ideas
Energy in Life
Organic Chemistry

Area of Interaction / Global Contexts

1. The mass of an atom is concentrated in its minute, positively

charged nucleus.
2. The electron configuration of an atom can be deduced from its
atomic number.

Content summary

Community & Service

Environments
Health and Social Education
Human ingenuity

2.1 The nuclear atom

2.2 Electron configuration

Summative Assessment/ Culminating Task(s)

Task & Description

Content/ Exam
preparation

Internal Assessment Criteria

Design

DCP

CE

Making Connections
Links with ToK
How can this unit support or be supported by other subject areas?
Richard Feynman: If all of scientific knowledge were to be
destroyed and only one sentence passed on to the next generation, I
believe it is that all things are made of atoms. Are the models and
Topic 3 periodicity (3.1 & 3.2)
theories which scientists create accurate descriptions of the natural
Topic 4 - deduction of formulae of ionic compounds (4.1)
world, or are they primarily useful interpretations for prediction,
Topic 6 - MaxwellBoltzmann distribution as a probability density function
explanation and control of the natural world?
(6.1)
No subatomic particles can be (or will be) directly observed. Which
Physics topic 7.1
ways of knowing do we use to interpret indirect evidence, gained
Topics 11.3, 21.1 and options D.8 and D.9NMR
through the use of technology?
Option C - nuclear fission ( C.3 & C.7)
Heisenbergs Uncertainty Principle states that there is a theoretical
limit to the precision with which we can know the momentum and the Option D
o Stellar characteristics (D.2)
position of a particle. What are the implications of this for the limits
o Nuclear medicine (D.8)
of human knowledge?
o NMR (D.8 & D.9)

One aim of the physical sciences has been to give an exact picture of
the material world. One achievement ... has been to prove that this
aim is unattainable. Jacob Bronowski. What are the implications
of this claim for the aspirations of natural sciences in particular and
for knowledge in general?
International Mindedness
Isotope enrichment uses physical properties to separate isotopes of uranium, and is employed in many countries as part of nuclear energy and weaponry
programmes.

The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) is run by its European member states (20 states in 2013), with involvements from scientists
from many other countries. It operates the worlds largest particle physics research centre, including particle accelerators and detectors used to study the
fundamental constituents of matter.

Developing the Lifelong Learner: Approaches to Learning and the Learner Profile
Approaches to Learning

Learner Profile Attributes

Self-Management
Research
Thinking
Social Skills
Communication

Inquirers
Knowledgeable
Thinkers
Communicators
Principled

How will the checked attributes be explicitly addressed in the unit?

Open-minded
Caring
Risk-takers
Balanced
Reflective

Kolej Tunku Kurshiah IB DP | Stoichiometric Relationship

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

Kolej Tunku Kurshiah
Department of Chemistry

UNIT PLANNER
Content: Skills and Knowledge (Learning outcomes stated using command terms)
All assessment statements addressed in the following subtopics:

Practical and Information Literacy Skills:

Use of the nuclear symbol notation
to deduce the number of protons,
neutrons and electrons in atoms and ions.
Calculations involving non-integer relative atomic masses and abundance
of isotopes from given data, including mass spectra.
Description of the relationship between colour, wavelength, frequency
and energy across the electromagnetic spectrum.
Distinction between a continuous spectrum and a line spectrum.
Description of the emission spectrum of the hydrogen atom, including the
relationships between the lines and energy transitions to the first, second
and third energy levels.
Recognition of the shape of an s atomic orbital and the px, py and pz
atomic orbitals.
Application of the Aufbau principle, Hunds rule and the Pauli exclusion
principle to write electron configurations for atoms and ions up to Z = 36.

Other Learning Experiences

Task & Description

Resources required (include links where possible)

Feedback on Learning (Describe methods of feedback to students used during the unit)

Ongoing Unit Evaluation & Reflection

Successes

Failures/ Areas for Improvement

Suggested modifications (based on student achievement data)

Further notes/ ideas for next cycle

Kolej Tunku Kurshiah IB DP | Stoichiometric Relationship