Chemistry
Ursuline Academy
Types of Bonds, Lewis Structures, VESPR Model
Types of Chemical Bonds
1. Lecture on types of chemical bonds
a. Bonds and bond energy
b. Covalent bonds
c. Polar Covalent bonds and Partial Charges
d. Electronegativity
e. Ionic bonds, solids and lattice
f. Bond polarity and dipole moments
2. AACT Video Animation: https://teachchemistry.org/classroom-resources/bondinganimation
3. AACT “Constructing Ionic Compounds”, https://teachchemistry.org/classroomresources/constructing-ionic-compounds
4. PhET_Ionic and Covalent Bonding Simulation (HW)
Lewis Dot Diagrams
1. Small lecture:
a. valence electrons
b. Ms. Safaee’s How To Guide: google classroom
c. drawing dot structures
d. double/triple bonds
e. resonance structures
f. in class practice: http://www.leavenworthlearning.com/lewis_dot_activities.pdf
2. Potential Activities:
a. Loopy Lewis Dot: https://serc.carleton.edu/sp/mnstep/activities/19777.html
b. Lewis dot escape room: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/lewis-dotstructures-activity-chemistry-escape-room-science-11946421
c. https://www.ionicviper.org/system/files/Lewis%20Structure%20Challenge%20Fa
culty%20Guide_1.pdf
Additional Resources: https://betterlesson.com/lesson/628985/lewis-structures
VESPR Model
1. Lecture:
a. Molecular structure
b. Bond angles
c. VESPR Model
2. PhET Simulation:
a. https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/molecule-shapes
Chemistry
Ursuline Academy
Types of Bonds, Lewis Structures, VESPR Model