All Structure and bonding articles – Page 2
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Poster
How to teach metallic bonding
From properties to structures, everything you need to help your 14–16 students grasp metals and alloys
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News
Boost student understanding of chemical bonding
Discover how important pedagogical content knowledge is in teaching this challenging topic
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Project
Bonding workshop | Chemistry for All project | 14–16 years
A series of activites, demonstrations and experiments exploring simple covalent molecules and hydrocarbons
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News
Tattooing the heart with graphene electrodes
Flexible carbon pacemaker can wrap around the heart
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Resource
Bonding | Review my learning | 14–16 years
A set of differentiated worksheets with answers to identify learning gaps and misconceptions on the topic of bonding
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Resource
Plastics in energy-saving homes: context-based questions | 16–18 years
Assess your post-16 learners’ current knowledge and understanding of polymers, mechanisms and more
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CPD
Everything you need to teach polymers at 14−16
Sharpen your teaching of polymers with these classroom ideas, activities and resources
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Exhibition chemistry
Demonstrate intermolecular forces with colourful separations
Layer intermolecular interactions into your practical lessons with these chromatic experiments
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CPD
How to teach intermolecular forces at 14–16
Use these ideas to help your students master this challenging topic and gain a deeper understanding of the forces at play
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Resource
Structure and bonding: exploding exam questions | 14–16 years
Present and practise a technique to help learners understand the language used in extended-reponse questions and improve their answers
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CPD
How to teach ionic bonding at 14–16
Steer students away from ionic bonding misconceptions with these ideas for your classroom
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Ideas
Get crafty with festive molecular baubles
Is this the perfect festive science activity for the last week of term?
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News
Is every substance a molecule?
Use this to help chemistry students accurately apply covalent bonding models
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Poster
How to draw ionic bonding dot and cross diagrams
Use this step-by-step approach to help your 14–16 students master ions
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News
High pressure forces heavy hydrogen to act like a metal
Explore metallic bonding and isotopes with this latest research looking at metallic hydrogen
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CPD
Use post-16 atomic models to inform 14–16 understanding
It’ll help minimise unhelpful misconceptions too
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Resource
The chemistry of iron | 16–18 years
Practice questions give context to transition metal chemistry and equilibria using the examples of haemoglobin and iron
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Feature
Play card games to teach electronic configuration and ionic compound formation
How a game-based approach can improve your students’ understanding and recognition – and reduce assessment anxiety
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Article
Why does jelly wobble?
Find out how gelatin’s bonds, structure and properties make jelly jiggle