Instructional Video

Chemical Bonds - Covalent vs Ionic

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A chemistry walks  viewers through non-polar covalent, polar covalent, and ionic bonds and how to determine the type of specific chemical bonds. 

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CCSS: Adaptable
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Instructional Ideas
  • Challenge individuals to create one type of non-metal bond to try to stump the others in the class
Classroom Considerations
  • Requires prior knowledge of valence electrons and energy levels
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  • Video is the seventh in a series of 14
Pros
  • Includes closed captioning in English, French, Thai, and Spanish (Spain)
  • Provides many examples and a description of how to solve each
Cons
  • None
Common Core