User:Exothermic101/sandbox/Lesson Plan 1-1

Test lesson plan
 * 1) Meet and greet students at door.
 * 2) Begin class by quickly introducing yourself and stating name of class.
 * 3) Have everyone stand up and organize themselves in a line alphabetically. Then they sit in that order, starting in desk nearest door and alternating down the rows.
 * 4) Warm-up activity – Index cards about themselves
 * 5) Take attendance aloud and confirm pronunciations. Introduction This course is a general introduction to Chemistry Fascinating and fun. Quick overview of chemistry using ball/stick model of water to focus on how composition and structure yield properties. Joke: Why can you never trust atoms? Because they MAKE UP Everything! Challenging course: New vocabulary – like learning a new language. Show: Element and molecule names (carbon tetrachloride), chemical formulas (CCl4), atomic structure (electron configurations), energy transformations (exothermic), etc. New concepts: chemical reactions, structure of atoms, acids/bases, redox, etc. Surprisingly high use of applied math throughout the year. Need for safety in the lab. Importance of keeping up: In class: take notes and participate. Ask questions of me and each other. Anything written on the board should be written down in your notebook. At home: do homework promptly. Work on labs before the due date so you can come ask me clarifying questions.
 * 6) General intro about me (background, interests, teaching style, etc.). Announce importance of rules procedures and rationale. First procedure: raise hand and a single “Attention please” if not facing me. Stop talking, put down materials, turn and face me. Value of listening and rehearsing – just like sports or acting. Can’t run the play if you haven’t heard what it is and you haven’t practiced it!
 * 7) Greeting activity and practice Attention Please rule. Shake hands, introduce yourselves and find out at least one fun or interesting thing about the person next to you that you did not already know. After 2 minutes (timed), raise my hand and say “Attention please” softly. Ask for volunteers to state name of neighbor and one fact learned.
 * 8) First Demo of Year: Genie in a Bottle (see instructions) – needs ten minutes

MORE to COME! Working on this offline for now.