Note: The Bonding Unit will be approached with a S.T.E.M. Design which consists of student centered learning. This will promote student's critical thinking and support problem solving strategies. During this unit students will explore bonding using prior knowledge from units one (Atomic Structure) and two (Periodic Trends) as a foundation. Students will be directed on note taking strategies, open ended inquiry, collaborative study and work groups.
Using the links below will direct you through virtual labs, on line simulations, bonding activities and much more!
Using the links below will direct you through virtual labs, on line simulations, bonding activities and much more!
Follow these links to begin exploring Chemical Bonding!
Pre-assignment discussions: Teen Drug Use
Ever wonder how what we're learning in class actually means out in the "real world?" Here's how we'll see what the impacts of chemical bonding really are in the world around us, even when those impacts aren't easy to talk about.
Read this! Article: Teen Drug Use
Think about this! Data-based infographic: Drug Use in Today's Classroom
Watch this! Documentary: What's the Score?
Assignment 1: Chemical Bonding, Part 1: When Atoms Bond
Here's where we'll identify three major types of chemical bonding and try to figure out why and how they occur.
Prefer to work digitally? Chemical Bonding, Part 1: When Atoms Bond
First video segment: Introduction, "Why do atoms bond?"
First weblink: Ionic bonding online simulation
Second weblink: Covalent bonding online simulation
Second video segment: Metallic bonding
Third weblink: Pulling it all together, the "Dog Bone" analogy
Assignment 2: Lewis Structures for Covalent Molecules (Puzzle Pieces!)
Showing how chemical bonding works is not always easy since molecules and atoms are so tiny we can't actually see them... So, to help visualize what's going on at the super-tiny nonoscale, we'll use these puzzle pieces to "see" how covalent molecules are formed.
Need to finish outside of class? "Puzzle Pieces" activity guide and printable cut-outs
Lost your copy? Adapted version of activity guide for our class
Check your work! Lewis Structures/"Puzzle Pieces" answer key
Assignment 3: CHECKPOINT
Now's a good time to check in with how you're doing so far with the specific Chemistry skills we've been working on in all these assignments and activities.
Need extra help? Help Guide: Bonding Diagrams
Lost your copy? CHECKPOINT
Want to check your answers? CHECKPOINT answer key
Unit Project: Chemical Bonding in Man-Made Materials
To show what you have learned in this unit, (in addition to in-class quizzes and tests) you will complete an individual project where you select a real-world substance and study the ways in which its chemical bonding structure leads to its properties and impacts - biologically, economically, socially, culturally, ethically. Start by thinking about your own personal interests and how Chemistry might connect to what you care about. Then, choose a specific research question to guide your project and begin connecting what we're learning in class to the world around us! Please see Ms. Taylor to approve your project topic.
Lost your copy? Project outline
Project Rubric
Assignment 4: How Drugs Work
Use this article and questions to connect back to the theme for this unit: drug use among young people. How can what you are learning about the structure and function of molecules help you better understand the biological and societal impacts of drug use among young people?
Lost your copy? How Drugs Work article
Prefer to work digitally? How Drugs Work student exploration guide
First video segment: Brain Chemistry
Need extra help with how nerves send chemical messages? Try this explanation and video from BBC
First weblink: Overview of the basic Chemistry of drug abuse
First weblink, part 2: Drugs of Abuse
First weblink, part 3: "Mouse Party"
Lost your copy? Drugs of Abuse and Mouse Party charts
First weblink, part 4: The Science of Addiction (resources, the "original website")
Found other great resources online about the science of addiction and drug use among young people?
Send them to your teacher so they can be posted here!
Assignment 5: Chemical Bonding, Part 2: The Impacts of Chemical Bonding
Let's go back to the structure of molecules to understand exactly how this leads to the properties and impacts of the substances these bonds are forming. Here, you'll also continue thinking about your Unit Project and start to actually explore some of the substances you've been considering studying more deeply.
Prefer to work digitally? Chemical Bonding, Part 2: The Impacts of Chemical Bonding
Second video segment: "VSEPR Theory and Molecular Geometry"
Need extra help? Help Guides: Molecular Geometry and Polarity
(Here's a short video about how to use a molecular modeling kit)
Submit photos of your annotated molecular models here!
Third weblink: Use World of Molecules or MolView (click "Close" to enter the site)
Connecting electronegativity to bond polarity? Use this simplified electronegativty chart
Need extra help with this idea of polarity and how it connects back to electronegativity? Try this video from Crash Course
Assignment 6: Molecular Shapes Virtual Lab
Molecular Shapes Virtual Lab Student worksheet word
Molecular Shapes Virtual Lab Student worksheet pdf
Assignment 7: CHECKPOINT
Need extra help? Help Guides: Molecular Geometry and Polarity
Lost your copy? CHECKPOINT
Want to check your answers? CHECKPOINT answer key
Pre-assignment discussions: Teen Drug Use
Ever wonder how what we're learning in class actually means out in the "real world?" Here's how we'll see what the impacts of chemical bonding really are in the world around us, even when those impacts aren't easy to talk about.
Read this! Article: Teen Drug Use
Think about this! Data-based infographic: Drug Use in Today's Classroom
Watch this! Documentary: What's the Score?
Assignment 1: Chemical Bonding, Part 1: When Atoms Bond
Here's where we'll identify three major types of chemical bonding and try to figure out why and how they occur.
Prefer to work digitally? Chemical Bonding, Part 1: When Atoms Bond
First video segment: Introduction, "Why do atoms bond?"
First weblink: Ionic bonding online simulation
Second weblink: Covalent bonding online simulation
Second video segment: Metallic bonding
Third weblink: Pulling it all together, the "Dog Bone" analogy
Assignment 2: Lewis Structures for Covalent Molecules (Puzzle Pieces!)
Showing how chemical bonding works is not always easy since molecules and atoms are so tiny we can't actually see them... So, to help visualize what's going on at the super-tiny nonoscale, we'll use these puzzle pieces to "see" how covalent molecules are formed.
Need to finish outside of class? "Puzzle Pieces" activity guide and printable cut-outs
Lost your copy? Adapted version of activity guide for our class
Check your work! Lewis Structures/"Puzzle Pieces" answer key
Assignment 3: CHECKPOINT
Now's a good time to check in with how you're doing so far with the specific Chemistry skills we've been working on in all these assignments and activities.
Need extra help? Help Guide: Bonding Diagrams
Lost your copy? CHECKPOINT
Want to check your answers? CHECKPOINT answer key
Unit Project: Chemical Bonding in Man-Made Materials
To show what you have learned in this unit, (in addition to in-class quizzes and tests) you will complete an individual project where you select a real-world substance and study the ways in which its chemical bonding structure leads to its properties and impacts - biologically, economically, socially, culturally, ethically. Start by thinking about your own personal interests and how Chemistry might connect to what you care about. Then, choose a specific research question to guide your project and begin connecting what we're learning in class to the world around us! Please see Ms. Taylor to approve your project topic.
Lost your copy? Project outline
Project Rubric
Assignment 4: How Drugs Work
Use this article and questions to connect back to the theme for this unit: drug use among young people. How can what you are learning about the structure and function of molecules help you better understand the biological and societal impacts of drug use among young people?
Lost your copy? How Drugs Work article
Prefer to work digitally? How Drugs Work student exploration guide
First video segment: Brain Chemistry
Need extra help with how nerves send chemical messages? Try this explanation and video from BBC
First weblink: Overview of the basic Chemistry of drug abuse
First weblink, part 2: Drugs of Abuse
First weblink, part 3: "Mouse Party"
Lost your copy? Drugs of Abuse and Mouse Party charts
First weblink, part 4: The Science of Addiction (resources, the "original website")
Found other great resources online about the science of addiction and drug use among young people?
Send them to your teacher so they can be posted here!
Assignment 5: Chemical Bonding, Part 2: The Impacts of Chemical Bonding
Let's go back to the structure of molecules to understand exactly how this leads to the properties and impacts of the substances these bonds are forming. Here, you'll also continue thinking about your Unit Project and start to actually explore some of the substances you've been considering studying more deeply.
Prefer to work digitally? Chemical Bonding, Part 2: The Impacts of Chemical Bonding
Second video segment: "VSEPR Theory and Molecular Geometry"
Need extra help? Help Guides: Molecular Geometry and Polarity
(Here's a short video about how to use a molecular modeling kit)
Submit photos of your annotated molecular models here!
Third weblink: Use World of Molecules or MolView (click "Close" to enter the site)
Connecting electronegativity to bond polarity? Use this simplified electronegativty chart
Need extra help with this idea of polarity and how it connects back to electronegativity? Try this video from Crash Course
Assignment 6: Molecular Shapes Virtual Lab
Molecular Shapes Virtual Lab Student worksheet word
Molecular Shapes Virtual Lab Student worksheet pdf
Assignment 7: CHECKPOINT
Need extra help? Help Guides: Molecular Geometry and Polarity
Lost your copy? CHECKPOINT
Want to check your answers? CHECKPOINT answer key