Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Chemical Composition of Everyday Objects

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers relate chemistry to an object they use everyday. They research information related to chemistry and create their own webpage. They are to keep their page up to date as new observations are taken.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Doing Lewis Dot Diagrams

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students observe the periodic table and draw the Lewis Dot Diagram.  In this investigative lesson students construct information on several elements including the Lewis Dot Formation and take a quiz on the information they...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Chemical Compounds

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this chemical compounds worksheet, students write the name of compounds from their chemical formula, balance equations, write electronic configurations for elements, and draw Lewis dot structures. This worksheet has 8 fill in the...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Water - the (Nearly) Universal Solvent

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this solvent learning exercise, students explore why water is considered a universal solvent. Students explore what can change dissolving rates. This learning exercise has 8 matching, 3 short answer, 11 fill in the blank, and 4...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

An Introduction To Material Sciences

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate the concept of molecular structure. They describe the behavior of simulated molecules and identify any dislocations in crystalline structures. They also define various related vocabulary words and use them in...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Putting on Mass: Just how do Trees grow?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers articulate an explanation of photosynthesis. They identify problems they have with comprehension of how a plant gains mass. Students describe a historical experiment.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Single and Multiple Covalent Bonds

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what covalent bonds are and the difference between them and ionic bonds. Discusses the properties of polar and non-polar covalent bonds, and single and multiple covalent bonds, and gives analogies and examples of how covalent...
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ionic and Covalent Bonding

For Students 9th - 10th
In this tutorial, students learn about ionic and covalent bonds and predict which elements will form which type of bond. Includes interactive exercises as well as videos.
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Covalent Bonding

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive activity from ChemThink takes a closer look at a covalent bond: how it is formed and how the sharing of two electrons can keep atoms together.
Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Covalent Bonds

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore tunneling splitting in double well potentials. This classic problem describes many physical systems, including covalent bonds, Josephson junctions, and two-state systems such as spin 1/2 particles and ammonia molecules. Java...
Lesson Plan
American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Energy Levels, Electrons, and Covalent Bonding

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students discover the concept that two atoms can attract and form a covalent bond.
eBook
Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: The Shared Electron Covalent Bond

For Students 9th - 10th
The General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, or Chem 1, is broken into several sections covering various aspects of topics related to chemistry. This section deals with the shared-electron covalent bond and related topics such as the octet...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Covalent Bonding

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of covalent bond, the compounds and elements they make up, and why they form.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Chemistry: Covalent Bonding

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module giving the definition of a covalent bond, the compounds and elements they make up and why they form. Module includes reading and review questions.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Covalent Bonds Questions

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice for the MCAT with these questions on covalent bonds.
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Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Chemistry: The Nature of the Chemical Bond

For Students 9th - 10th
This site talks about ionic, polar covalent, and non-polar covalent bonding.
Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Bonding: Covalent Bonds

For Students 9th - 10th
This section of the lesson module focuses on covalent bonds, which are formed between non-metal atoms that share a pair of electrons. It includes links to a video and a test. Other types of chemical bonds are covered elsewhere in the...
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Test Prep: Mcat: Chemical Processes: Covalent Bonds: Intramolecular and Intermolecular Forces

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what intramolecular and intermolecular forces are and the different types for each. Includes lots of examples.
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Chemical Bonds

For Students 9th - 10th
By working through this web-based activity, students differentiate between ionic, non-polar covalent, and polar covalent bonds. Specifically, distinctions are made between bonding types based on orbital shapes and electronegativity...
Handout
Michael Blaber, PhD

Florida State University: Basic Concepts of Covalent Bonding: Covalent Bonding

For Students 9th - 10th
Good introduction and graphics make this a solid page for understanding the orbital role in bonding and molecular geometry. The author is a professor at Florida State University.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Covalent Bonding: Electron Dot Diagrams

For Students 9th - 10th
Given descriptions, diagrams, scenarios, or chemical symbols, students will model covalent bonds using electron dot formula (Lewis structures).
Graphic
American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Energy Levels, Electrons, and Covalent Bonding

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover how covalent molecular bonding affects the energy levels of electrons.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Covalent Bonding

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity helps students review basic covalent nomenclature.
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Physical Science: Bonding and Chemical Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
Through informational text, interactive puzzles, and review questions, students differentiate ionic and covalent bonds and identify the properties of each. They also use oxidation numbers to predict formulas of ionic compounds, name...

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