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Atomic Musical Chairs
An engaging activity enlightens young chemists in this lesson on atomic structure. They play musical chairs through a series of concentric circles that represent electon orbitals. A laundry basket in the middle holds the protons and...
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Drawing Lewis Structures
In this drawing Lewis structures worksheet, students read about the 5 steps taken to draw Lewis structures for atoms and molecules. These include identifying the valence electrons, placing pairs of electrons between atoms to be bonded,...
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Bond Type
At the top of the page are a reading passage and colorful diagram that depicts the tug-of-war that occurs between bonding molecules due to electronegativity. High school chemists fill in a chart with electronegativity values, the...
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Electron Dot Structures, etc.
In this electron dot structures handout, new chemists read about electron arrangement and how to draw electron dot diagrams. They complete a chart with the mass number, atomic number, isotope notation, number of neutrons, and Bohr...
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WS 3.5 More Lewis Structures
In this Lewis structures worksheet, students draw molecular structures for twelve molecules. They determine the number of bonds in the molecular formula by following step by step directions given on the worksheet.
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Chemical Bonding in Alkanes
In this alkanes worksheet, students complete a table with the chemical formula, the structural formula and the condensed formula of various alkanes given different numbers of carbon atoms. They answer three questions about valence...
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Electron Configuration
In this electron configuration worksheet, students write the electron configurations of 22 elements and compare their valence electron configurations. They list the elements that are similar in terms of their electrons. They identify the...
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Periodic Table Basics Test
The periodic table of elements is a vital tool for all chemistry apprentices and professionals alike. Here is a chance for your beginning chemists to assess their understanding of the periodic table. They list element names, symbols,...
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Precipitation Stoichiometry
Learners investigate combining positive and negative ions to form products. In this precipitation stoichiometry lesson plan, students make 8 combinations of ions from a given list and predict the optimum combining ratio. They record the...
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Valence Electrons, Octet Rule, and Ions
Within this PowerPoint are the instructions for drawing electron dot structures and an explanation of how ions are formed. Several learning check slides are provided, along with the answers. This presentation is a compact, but compatible...
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Elements, Atoms, Ions, and the Periodic Table
This PowerPoint provides a complete recap of all the information needed for a unit on elements and the periodic table. The seventy slides cover the basic notation of elements, energy levels and ionization energies. The trends in the...
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Covalent and Ionic Bonding:Electron Dot Structures with Ionic Notation
After drawing the valence electron distribution of 13 basic elements, there are spaces to draw 18 more complicated molecules. For each molecule, there is space for a Dot structure and Lewis structure that best describes the distribution...
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Patterns in Electron Configuration
A periodic table of elements and ten accompanying questions comprise this chemistry handout. Learners survey the table to discover the relationship between group columns and valence electrons. They also associate energy levels to the...
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Covalent Bonding - Electron Dot Structures
A short paragraph helps explain how covalent bonds are formed, and then your class will complete the Electron/Dot and Structural diagrams for the molecules given. The valence diagrams will reinforce understanding. This activity would be...
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What do Atoms Look Like?
In this atoms worksheet, students complete 58 questions about the atomic radius of atoms, the ionization energy, the valence electrons, metals, non-metals and semi-metals and the families of elements.
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Chemistry and Bonding
In this bonding worksheet, high schoolers take an interactive quiz with 15 multiple choice questions about the VSEPR Theory, bonding, the geometry of molecules, Lewis structures, resonance structures and enthalpy changes.
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Working out the Shapes of Molecules
For this molecular geometry worksheet, students are given the directions and 4 examples as to how to predict the geometry of molecules. They determine if the molecules are pyramidal or trigonal bipyramidal.
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Ion (Derstand) Bonding through Energy Level Diagrams
Ninth graders investigate ionic bonding through energy level diagrams. In this ion bonding lesson plan, 9th graders observe demonstrations to show energy level diagrams using magnets to represent the subatomic particles. Students fill...
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Why are Electrons Important?
Young scholars write electron configuration of elements using atomic numbers and they identify valence electrons. For this electrons lesson plan, students observe a demonstration showing the space-filling property of an electron. They...
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VSEPR Theory: Molecules with Lone Pairs
For this VSEPR theory worksheet, students build models of molecules using styrofoam balls and pipe cleaners to represent lone pairs. Students complete a chart for 12 molecules with valence electrons, Lewis structures, bond angles, lone...
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Naming and Writing Chemical Formulae-I
In this naming and writing chemical formulas worksheet, students are given directions and practice writing simple chemical formulas. They identify positive and negative valence elements, they name nonmetal compounds, they name compounds...
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Naming III-Identifying Problems Chemical Compound Names
In this naming chemical compounds activity, students are given 9 lettered statements that they use to match with 10 statements about compounds. Students also review the rules for naming compounds by filling in 25 blanks to complete...
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Periodic Table Families
In this families of the periodic table worksheet, students complete a table with the characteristics of elements in the 10 families of the periodic table. Students fill in the blank sections using their text book as a resource. They must...
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Periodic Table
In this periodic table instructional activity, students are given 12 terms and must match the terms to their appropriate definition. Topics include types of bonds, types of elements, and types of ions.