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WK LSN TOPIC SUB-TOPIC OBJECTIVES T/L ACTIVITIES T/L AIDS REFERENCE REMARKS
1 3
THE STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM & THE PERIODIC TABLE
Positive ions and ion formation.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To define an ion and a cation.
Teacher gives examples of stable atoms.
Guided discovery that metals need to lose one, two or three electrons to attain stability.
Examples of positive ions.

text book
K.L.B. BOOK IIPP 14-15
1 4
THE STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM & THE PERIODIC TABLE
Positive ions representation.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To represent formation of positive ions symbolically.
Diagrammatic representation of cations.
Chart  ion model.
K.L.B. BOOK IIP 16
2 1
THE STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM & THE PERIODIC TABLE
Negative ions and ion formation.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To define an anion.
To describe formation of negative ions symbolically.
Teacher gives examples of stable atoms.
Guided discovery of formation of negative ions.
Diagrammatic representation of anions.
Chart  ion model.
K.L.B. BOOK IIP 17
2 2-3
THE STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM & THE PERIODIC TABLE
Valencies of metals.
Valencie of non-metals.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
Recall valencies of metals among the first twenty elements in the periodic table.
Recall valencies of non-metals among the first twenty elements in the periodic table.
Q/A to review previous lesson;
Exposition;
Guided discovery.
Periodic table.
K.L.B. BOOK IIP 17
2 4
THE STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM & THE PERIODIC TABLE
Valencies of radicals.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
Define a radical.
Recall the valencies of common radicals.
Exposition ? teacher defines a radical, gives examples of radicals and exposes their valencies.
Students draw a table of radicals and their valencies.
text book
K.L.B. BOOK IIP 18
3

Cat 1 exams

4 1
THE STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM & THE PERIODIC TABLE
Oxidation number.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
Define oxidation number.
Predict oxidation numbers from position of elements in the periodic table.
Q/A: Valencies.
Expose oxidation numbers of common ions.
Students complete a table of ions and their oxidation numbers.
The periodic table.
K.L.B. BOOK IIvP 18
4 2-3
THE STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM & THE PERIODIC TABLE
Electronic configuration, ion formed, valency and oxidation number
Chemical formulae of compounds. - Elements of equal valencies.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
Relate electronic configuration, ion formed, valency and oxidation number of different elements.
To derive the formulae of some compounds involving elements of equal valencies.
Written exercise;
Exercise review.
Discuss formation of compounds such as NaCl, MgO.
text book
K.L.B. BOOK IIP 18
K.L.B. BOOK IIPP 19-20
4 4
THE STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM & THE PERIODIC TABLE
Chemical formulae of compounds. -Elements of unequal valencies.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To derive the formulae of some compounds involving elements of unequal valencies.
Discuss formation of compounds such as MgCl2
Al (NO3)3
text book
K.L.B. BOOK IIPP 19-20
5 1
THE STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM & THE PERIODIC TABLE
Chemical formulae of compounds. -Elements of variable valencies.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To derive the formulae of some compounds involving elements of variable valencies.
Discuss formation of compounds such as
-Copper (I) Oxide.
-Copper (II) Oxide.
-Iron (II) Sulphate.
-Iron (III) Sulphate.
text book
K.L.B. BOOK IIP 20
5 2-3
THE STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM & THE PERIODIC TABLE
Chemical equations.
Balanced chemical equations.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To identify components of chemical equations.

To balance chemical equations correctly.
Review word equations;
Exposition of new concepts with probing questions;
Brief discussion.
Exposition;
Supervised practice.
text book
K.L.B. BOOK IIPP 21-23
K.L.B. BOOK IIPP 24-25
5 4
THE STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM & THE PERIODIC TABLE
Balanced chemical equations.(contd)
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To balance chemical equations correctly.
Supervised practice;
Written exercise.
text book
K.L.B. BOOK IIPP 25-8
6 1
CHEMICAL FAMILIES
Alkali metals. Atomic and ionic radii of alkali metals
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:





Identify alkali metals.
State changes in atomic and ionic radii of alkali metals.

Q/A to reviews elements of group I and their electronic configuration.
Examine a table of elements, their symbols and atomic & ionic radii.
Discussion & making deductions from the table.
The periodic
K.L.B. BOOK IIPP 28-29
6 2-3
CHEMICAL FAMILIES
Alkali metals. Atomic and ionic radii of alkali metals
Ionisation energy of alkali metals.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:





Identify alkali metals.
State changes in atomic and ionic radii of alkali metals.

State changes in number of energy levels and ionisation energy of alkali metals.

Q/A to reviews elements of group I and their electronic configuration.
Examine a table of elements, their symbols and atomic & ionic radii.
Discussion & making deductions from the table.
Examine a table of elements, number of energy levels and their ionization energy.
Discuss the trend deduced from the table.
The periodic
text book
K.L.B. BOOK IIPP 28-29
6 4
CHEMICAL FAMILIES
Physical properties of alkali metals.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
State and explain trends in physical properties of alkali metals.
Examine a table showing comparative physical properties of Li, Na, and K.
Q/A: Teacher asks probing questions as students refer to the table for answers.
Detailed discussion on physical properties of alkali metals.

Chart ? comparative properties of Li, Na, K.
K.L.B. BOOK IIPP 30-31
7 1
CHEMICAL FAMILIES
Chemical properties of alkali metals.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe reaction of alkali metals with water.
Q/A: Review reaction of metals with water.
Writing down chemical equations for the reactions.
Deduce and discuss the order of reactivity down the group.
text book
K.L.B. BOOK IIP. 32
7 2-3
CHEMICAL FAMILIES
Reaction of alkali metals with chlorine gas.
Compounds of alkali metals.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To write balanced equations for reaction of alkali metals with chlorine gas.
Write chemical formulae for compounds of alkali metals.
Explain formation of hydroxides, oxides and chlorides of alkali metals.
Teacher demonstration- reaction of sodium with chlorine in a fume chamber.
Q/A: Students to predict a similar reaction between potassium and chlorine.
Word and balanced chemical equations for various reactions.


Exercise: Completing a table of hydroxides, oxides and chlorides of alkali metals.
Discuss combination of ions of alkali metals with anions.
Sodium, chlorine.
text book
K.L.B. BOOK IIP. 33
K.L.B. BOOK II pp 33
7 4
CHEMICAL FAMILIES
Uses of alkali metals.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
State uses of alkali metals.
Descriptive approach: Teacher elucidates uses of alkali metals.
text book
K.L.B. BOOK II pp 34
8

Midterm

9 1
CHEMICAL FAMILIES
Alkaline Earth metals Atomic and ionic radii of alkaline earth metals.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
Identify alkaline earth metals.

State changes in atomic and ionic radii of alkaline earth metals.
Q/A: Elements of group I and their electron configuration.
Examine a table of elements, their symbols and atomic & ionic radii.
Make deductions from the table.
Some alkaline earth metals.
K.L.B. BOOK II pp 34
9 2-3
CHEMICAL FAMILIES
Physical properties of alkaline earth metals.
Electrical properties of alkaline earth metals.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
State and explain trends in physical properties of alkaline earth metals.
To describe electrical properties of alkaline earth metals.
Examine a table showing comparative physical properties of Be, Mg, Ca.
Q/A: Teacher asks probing questions as students refer to the table for answers.
Detailed discussion of physical properties of alkaline earth metals.

Teacher demonstration: -
To show alkaline metals are good conductors of electric charge.
Some alkaline earth metals.
K.L.B. BOOK II P. 35
K.L.B. BOOK IIP. 37
9 4
CHEMICAL FAMILIES
Chemical properties of alkaline earth metals. Reaction of alkaline earth metals with oxygen.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe reaction of alkaline earth metals with oxygen
Q/A: Review reactions of Mg, Ca, with oxygen.
The corresponding word and then chemical equations are then written and their correctness verified by the teacher.
text book
K.L.B. BOOK IIP. 38
10 1
CHEMICAL FAMILIES
Chemical properties of alkaline earth metals. Reaction of alkaline earth metals with water.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe reaction of alkaline earth metals with water.
Q/A: Review reaction of metals with water.
Writing down word and balanced chemical equations for the reactions.
Deduce and discuss the order of reactivity down the group.
Some alkaline earth metals.
K.L.B. BOOK IIP. 39
10 2-3
CHEMICAL FAMILIES
Reaction of alkaline earth metals with chlorine gas.
Reaction of alkaline earth metals with dilute acids.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To write balanced equations for reaction of alkaline earth metals with chlorine gas.
To write balanced equations for reactions of alkaline earth metals with dilute acids.
Teacher demonstration- Reaction of sodium with chlorine in a fume chamber.
Q/A: Students to predict a similar reaction between potassium and chlorine.
Word and balanced chemical equations for various reactions.
Supervised practice.

Changing word to chemical equations.
Supervised practice.
Sodium, chlorine.
revision book
K.L.B. BOOK II P. 41
K.L.B. BOOK II PP. 43
10 4
CHEMICAL FAMILIES
Chemical formulae of alkaline earth metals.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
Write chemical formulae for compounds of alkaline earth metals.
Explain formation of hydroxides, oxides and chlorides of alkaline earth metals.
Exercise: Completing a table of hydroxides, oxides and chlorides of alkaline earth metals.
Discuss combination of ions of alkaline earth metals with anions.
text book
K.L.B. BOOK II PP. 45-47
11 1
CHEMICAL FAMILIES
Uses of some alkaline earth metals and their compounds.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
State uses of alkaline earth metals.
Descriptive approach: Teacher elucidates uses of alkaline earth metals.
text book
K.L.B. BOOK II PP. 45-47
11 2-3
CHEMICAL FAMILIES
Halogens. Physical properties of halogens.
Comparative physical properties of halogens.
Chemical properties of halogens.
Equations of reaction of halogens with metals.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
Identify halogens in the periodic table.
Give examples of halogens.
Identify physical states of halogens.
To state and explain the trends in physical properties of halogens.
To describe laboratory preparation of chlorine gas.
To describe reaction of halogens with metals.
To write balanced chemical equations of reactions involving halogens.
Teacher demonstration: - To examine electrical properties of iodine, solubility in water of chlorine.
Examine a comparative table of physical properties of halogens.
Discuss the deductions made from the table.
Teacher demonstration: - preparation of chlorine gas.
Reaction of chlorine and iron wool.
Reaction of bromine and iron wool.
Reaction of iodine and iron wool.
Observe the rate of these reactions; hence deduce order of their reactivity of halogens.
Re-write word equations as chemical equations then balance them.
Supervised practice.
Iodine crystals, electrical wire, a bulb.
text book
Chlorine, iron wool, bromine.
KLB BK II
P. 47
K.L.B. BOOK II P. 50
11 4
CHEMICAL FAMILIES
Reaction of halogens with water.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe reaction of halogens with water and the results obtained.
Bubbling chlorine gas through water.
Carry out litmus test for the water.
Explain the observations.
Chlorine gas, litmus papers.
K.L.B. BOOK II P. 51
12 1
CHEMICAL FAMILIES
Some uses of halogens and their compounds.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To state uses of halogens and their compounds.
Teacher elucidates uses of halogens and their compounds.
text book
K.L.B. BOOK II pp 52
12 2-3
CHEMICAL FAMILIES
STRUCTURE & BONDING
Noble Gases. Comparative physical properties of noble gases.
Uses of noble gases.
Chemical bonds. Ionic bond.
Ionic bond representation.
Grant ionic structures.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe physical properties of noble gases.
To explain physical properties of noble gases.
State uses of noble gases.
Describe role of valence electrons in determining chemical bonding.
Explain formation of ionic bonding.
Use dot and cross diagrams to represent ionic bonding.
Describe the crystalline ionic compound.
Give examples of ionic substances.
Make A comparative analysis of tabulated physical properties of noble gases.
Teacher elucidates uses of noble gases.
Q/A: Review valence electrons of atoms of elements in groups I, II, III, VII and VIII.
Q/A: Review group I and group VII elements.
Discuss formation of ionic bond.
Drawing diagrams of ionic bonds.
Discuss the group ionic structures of NaCl.
Teacher gives examples of other ionic substances: KNO3, potassium bromide, Ca (NO3)2, sodium iodide.
text book
text book
Chart- dot and cross diagrams.
Models for bonding.
Giant sodium chloride model.
  K.L.B. BOOK IIPP. 52-53
K.L.B. BOOK IIP54




PP 57-58
12 4
STRUCTURE & BONDING
Physical properties of ionic compounds.
Covalent bond.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
Describe physical properties of ionic compounds.
Explain the differences in the physical properties of ionic compounds.
Explain the formation of covalent bond
Use dot and cross diagrams to represent covalent bond.
Analyse tabulated comparative physical properties of ionic compounds.
Teacher asks probing questions.
Exposition: Shared pair of electrons in a hydrogen molecule, H2O, NH3, Cl2, and CO2.
Drawing of dot-and-cross diagrams of covalent bonds.
text book
K.L.B. BOOK IIPP 58-59
13

Exams

13 2-3
STRUCTURE & BONDING
Co-ordinate bond.
Molecular structure.
Trend in physical properties of molecular structures.
Giant atomic structure in diamond.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe the co-ordinate bond
To represent co-ordinate bond diagrammatically.
To describe the molecular structure.
To give examples of substance exhibiting molecular structure
To describe van- der -waals forces.
To explain the trend in physical properties of molecular structures.
To describe giant atomic structure in diamond.
To state uses of diamond.
Exposition- teacher explains the nature of co-ordinate bond.
Students represent co-ordinate bond diagrammatically.
Discussion ? To explain formation of the giant structure and give examples of substance exhibiting molecular structure.
Discuss comparative physical properties of substances. exhibiting molecular structure.
Explain variation in the physical properties.
Diagrammatic representation of diamond.
Discuss uses of diamond.
text book
Sugar, naphthalene, iodine rhombic sulphur.
Diagrams in textbooks.
K.L.B. BOOK II P 65
K.L.B. BOOK IIP 65
13 4
STRUCTURE & BONDING
Giant atomic structure in graphite.
Metallic bond. Uses of some metals.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe giant atomic structure in graphite.
To state uses of graphite.
To describe mutual electronic forces between electrons and nuclei.
To describe metallic bond.
To compare physical properties of metals.
To state uses of some metals.
Diagrammatic representation of graphite.
Discuss uses of graphite.
Discussion:
Detailed analysis of comparative physical properties of metals and their uses.
Probing questions & brief explanations.
Diagrams in textbooks.
text book
K.L.B. BOOK II pp 69

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