All Structure and bonding articles – Page 7
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On This Day – Jul 23 : Vladimir Prelog was born
He was the first person to synthesize the unusually symmetrical hydrocarbon adamantane, whose derivatives are routinely used for medical applications. He shared the 1975 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for “his research into stereochemistry of organic molecules and reactions”.
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Chemical misconceptions I: Concepts in chemistry
A person can be said to have acquired a concept once they are able to identify examples, and distinguish them from non-examples, this resource aims to support learners do so.
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Chemical misconceptions II: Iron - a metal
Judge the veracity of twenty statements about one of the most familiar examples of a metal, iron, and understand more about its structure.
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Chemical misconceptions II: Precipitation
Discover more about ionic bonding, and how dissolving into solutions can effect bonds.
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Chemical misconceptions II: Definitions in chemistry
This exercise gives students an opportunity to discuss and give a critique of a selection of definitions (from various sources) of the most basic chemical terms
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Chemical misconceptions II: Interactions
Support students to explore more forms of interactions between bonds, identify, and explain them.
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Chemical misconceptions II: Spot the bonding
This activity asks learners to explore their knowledge of different bonding types, through diagrams of 18 bonds.
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Chemical misconceptions II: Ionic bonding
Check the understanding of ionic bonding in your class, and use this activity to develop learner’s knowledge base.
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Chemical misconceptions II: Predicting the melting temperature of carbon
Explore and explain the melting temperature of carbon, and the relationship between structure and properties.
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Chemical misconceptions II: Hydrogen fluoride
Explore hydrogen fluoride, discuss its chemical reaction and encourage learners to think about why the reaction takes place.
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Chemical misconceptions I: Constructing chemical conceptions
Explore and review the principles of constructivist teaching.
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Chemical misconceptions I: Chemical bonding
Some of alternative ideas are considered in this chapter, with suggestions for improving the teaching of chemical bonding.
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Chemical misconceptions I: Chemical structure
Explore the structure of atoms, and get a clearer idea of how to present atoms to learners through analogy.
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Chemical misconceptions I: Chemical axioms
Explore the key ideas into how learners respond to the fundamental principles used in chemistry.
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Chemical misconceptions I: Scaffolding learning in chemistry
Explore how to create a learning scaffold in chemistry, and how learners may respond to this reinforcement.
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The heat is on: edible experiments
Why are chillies and mustard hot, but taste different? Discover the importance of chemistry in everyday eating experiences with this edible experiment.
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A golden future for hydrogen bonding
Relativistic effects responsible for positively charged Au(I) hydrogen bond acceptor
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Clearing the air around smoke formation
Answering the riddle of why unsaturated fuels burn with sooty flames