Bonding bingo: bonds and properties of substances | 14-16 years

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Try this game and lesson plan for 14–16 year olds to reinforce students’ understanding of bonding and its relation to the physical properties of substances.

A ‘bingo’ type game helps students to check and reinforce what they have learned about bonding and the links between bonding and physical properties of substances. By devising and answering questions in a competitive environment their understanding about some substances is reinforced.

This activity would be particularly useful for checking learning towards the end of teaching this topic or when revising for an external assessment.

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