Lesson Plan: 3C.4.10

Hamble Lesson Observation Plan
Learning About
What is diffusion and how does it work?
Keywords:
  • energy (2)
  • temperature (2)
  • concentration (2)
  • particles (2)
  • diffusion (2)
Memory Anchor:
Method Precise Learning Objective Linked Question / Activity
(Designed for maximum working out)
Stepping Stones Pitstop Check
(Thinking Map)
Concentration is the number of a particular type of particle in a volume of space. What is concentration?

Dilute Potassium permanganate in large beaker. Observe the colour becomes 'weaker' (less concentrated)

Diffusion is the movement of a substance from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration. What is diffusion?

Particles in a fluid are always moving. What happens to the particles in a fluid?

observe the diffusion of food coloring in M&M's in the water observe how long it takes for potassium permangement to spread out in cold and warm water in a petri dish

Horizontally, half the particles will be moving to the left and half to the right.

Half of a large number is more than half of a smaller number. So more particles will travel from a larger number of particles (high concentration), than are replaced by the smaller number moving form the smaller number of particles (lower concentration). Why do particles move from an area where there are more to where ther

Links To the Big Ideas
ForcesParticlesEnergyCells