Be forceful with chemical bonding

By Fraser Scott2019-11-27T11:16:00

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Help your students understand chemical bonding with force-based models

Students can struggle to understand the concept of chemical bonding. This article looks at two hurdles to understanding the basics of bonding and presents some interesting findings from a study demonstrating that forced-based models can help with both of these problems.

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