Practicum Lesson Plan

Class : Year 10 Topic : Rate Of Reaction

Level : IGCSE Skills : Discussion, Team work and Practical
Time : 9.15 -10.35am

General Objectives : To be able to understand the effect of factors such as surface area, concentration,
pressure, temperature and catalyst on the rate of reaction.
Specific Objectives:
Beginning : I can describe and explain the effect of surface area.
Developing : I can describe and explain effects of surface area in terms of collisions
between reacting particles
Mastering: I can describe the application of the above factors to the danger of
explosive combustion with fine powders (e.g. flour mills) and gases
(e.g. methane in mines)

Previous knowledge : New Learning

Moral Values : Responsibility
Thinking Skills : Think-pair-share, brainstorming
Teaching materials : power point slides, worksheet, white board, Showme boards, graph
paper, colour paper, Lab apparatus and chemicals.
Stage Teacher Activity Student Activity Teaching Theory in
Material Action
Set Induction Students will be asked to list Students will be White board, Group
(5 min) down all the factors that affect writing on showme showme Learning
the rate of reaction using board and show to boards. Activity
showme boards. The students other groups.
work in group to contribute
their information the leader of
the group. After completion,
they are then required to show
it to their friends to exchange
their review and the comment

Explanation Students will be exposed to Students will copy Powerpoint Mixed ability
(15 min) basic concepts of rate of down the slides, white
reaction and how the factors information in their board
will affect the rate of reaction. notebook
Here the teacher will
emphasize one of the factors
that is surface area of the
particle
Practice and The teacher will provide a The students use Scissors, Constructivist
Presentation graph paper and a colour paper scissors to cut the graph paper Theory,
(15 min) to each pair of the students and paper as instructed and colour Discovery
ask them to divide the graph by the teacher. And paper. Learning
paper to 4 area. The area of the paste it on the colour
first square is 8 x 8, the second paper.
square is further divided to 2
squares, the third (8x8) divided
in to 4 squares and finally to 16
squares.
Application The students are instructed to Students work in Lab material Student-
(20 min) do the following practical “ groups to perform as in the Centred
Rate of reaction of HCl with the practical. The practical Instructional
CaCO3”. The students to carry students to collect worksheet Strategy,
out the investigation and the given apparatus Discovery
comment on any difficulties from the relevant Learning
and how could they improvise spots.
it.
Evaluation Students to be asked to Students to complete worksheet Group
(5min) complete a plenary exercise the plenary Learning
based on past year paper. worksheet and mark Activity
their work by “peer
assessment”