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Chemical misconceptions

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Chemical stability
  • 1
    Overview
  • 2
    Alternative conceptions in chemistry teaching
  • 3
    Concepts in chemistry
  • 4
    The structure of chemical knowledge
  • 5
    Overcoming learning impediments
  • 6
    Scaffolding learning in chemistry
  • 7
    Chemical axioms
  • 8
    Chemical structure
  • 9
    Chemical bonding
  • 10
    Chemical reactions
  • 11
    Constructing chemical conceptions
  • 12
    Elements, compounds and mixtures
  • 13
    Mass and dissolving
  • 14
    Changes in chemistry
  • 15
    Revising acids
  • 16
    Word equations
  • 17
    Definitions in chemistry
  • 18
    Types of chemical reaction
  • 19
    Revising the periodic table
  • 20
    Predicting the melting temperature of carbon
  • 21
    Iron - a metal
  • 22
    Ionic bonding
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    Precipitation
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    Spot the bonding
  • 25
    Hydrogen fluoride
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    An analogy for the atom
  • 27
    Ionisation energy
  • 28
    Chemical stability
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    Stability and reactivity
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    Interactions
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    Acid strength
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    Reaction mechanisms
  • 33
    Scaffolding explanations
  • 34
    Chemical comparisons
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    Learning impediment diary
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Chemical stability

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Chemistry is a conceptual subject and, in order to explain many of these concepts, teachers use models to describe and explain the microscopic world and relate it to the macroscopic properties of matter. This resource is designed to provide strategies for dealing with some of the misconceptions that students have in the form of ready-to-use classroom resources.

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Chemical misconceptions

  • 1
    Covers of volumes 1 and 2 of Chemical misconceptions

    Overview

  • 2
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    Alternative conceptions in chemistry teaching

  • 3
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    Concepts in chemistry

  • 4
    Image

    The structure of chemical knowledge

  • 5
    Image

    Overcoming learning impediments

  • 6
    Image

    Scaffolding learning in chemistry

  • 7
    Image

    Chemical axioms

  • 8
    Image

    Chemical structure

  • 9
    Image

    Chemical bonding

  • 10
    Image

    Chemical reactions

  • 11
    Image

    Constructing chemical conceptions

  • 12
    Image

    Elements, compounds and mixtures

  • 13
    Image

    Mass and dissolving

  • 14
    Image

    Changes in chemistry

  • 15
    Image

    Revising acids

  • 16
    Image

    Word equations

  • 17
    Image

    Definitions in chemistry

  • 18
    Image

    Types of chemical reaction

  • 19
    Image

    Revising the periodic table

  • 20
    Image

    Predicting the melting temperature of carbon

  • 21
    Image

    Iron - a metal

  • 22
    Image

    Ionic bonding

  • 23
    Image

    Precipitation

  • 24
    Image

    Spot the bonding

  • 25
    Image

    Hydrogen fluoride

  • 26
    Image

    An analogy for the atom

  • 27
    Image

    Ionisation energy

  • 28
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    Chemical stability

  • 29
    Image

    Stability and reactivity

  • 30
    Image

    Interactions

  • 31
    Image

    Acid strength

  • 32
    Image

    Reaction mechanisms

  • 33
    Image

    Scaffolding explanations

  • 34
    Image

    Chemical comparisons

  • 35
    Image

    Learning impediment diary

Level

  • 14-16 years
  • 16-18 years

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Category

  • Atomic structure
  • Misconceptions
  • Atoms and bonds

Specification

  • Wales
    • GCSE
      • WJEC Chemistry
        • Unit 2: CHEMICAL BONDING, APPLICATION OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS and ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
          • 2.1 BONDING, STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES
            • (c) electronic structure in explaining how ionic bonding takes place (and how this is represented using dot and cross diagrams)
        • Unit 1: CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES, REACTIONS and ESSENTIAL RESOURCES
          • 1.2 ATOMIC STRUCTURE AND THE PERIODIC TABLE
            • (m) many reactions, including those of Group 1 elements and many of those of Group 7 elements, involve the loss or gain of electrons and the formation of charged ions
      • WJEC Combined science
        • Unit 2: Chemistry 1
          • 2.2 ATOMIC STRUCTURE AND THE PERIODIC TABLE
            • (l) many reactions, including those of Group 1 elements and many of those of Group 7 elements, involve the loss or gain of electrons and the formation of charged ions
        • Unit 5: Chemistry 2
          • 5.1 BONDING, STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES
            • (c) electronic structure in explaining how ionic bonding takes place (and how this is represented using dot and cross diagrams)
  • Republic of Ireland
    • Leaving Certificate
      • Chemistry
        • 1. Periodic table and atomic structure
          • 1.4 Electronic Structure of Atoms
            • Depth of treatment
              • Electronic configurations of ions of s- and p-block elements only. Arrangement of electrons in individual orbitals of p-block atoms.
              • Dependence of chemical properties of elements on their electronic structure.
  • Northern Ireland
    • A/AS level
      • CCEA Chemistry
        • Unit AS 1: Basic Concepts in Physical and Inorganic Chemistry
          • 1.2 Atomic Structure

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