Classroom Resources: Molecules & Bonding

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  • Metallic Bonding, Electrons, Electricity, Electrostatic Forces | High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Demonstration: Metallic Bonding & Magnetics Mark as Favorite (26 Favorites)

    In this demonstration students will observe how electrons flow through a metal in an example of metallic bonding. Using tubes made of different metal materials as well as one made of plastic, in combination with a rare earth magnet (neodymium magnet) the teacher will demonstrate how electrons will flow freely through a metal and create a magnetic field.

  • Polymers, Phase Changes, Physical Properties | Middle School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Lab: Changing a Monomer to a Polymer! Mark as Favorite (5 Favorites)

    In this lab, students will have the opportunity to see the complexity of the different phases of matter. This lab will allow students to investigate polymers and physical properties, while connecting these concepts to the phases of matter. Students will also better understand that some substances are not easily identified as a particular phase of matter and that some substances can have characteristics of more than one phase of matter.

  • Mixtures, Polarity, Observations, Physical Properties | Elementary School

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    In this demonstration, students will observe as the teacher creates several colorful mixtures. Using food coloring, water and milk, students will watch the colors swirl and mix. Students will have the opportunity to make a prediction about what will happen to the colors when a sample of soap is introduced to the mixture.

  • Balancing Equations, Conservation of Mass, Molecular Formula | Middle School, High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Lesson Plan: Counting Atoms & Balancing Equations Mark as Favorite (80 Favorites)

    In this lesson, students will learn how to count atoms and how to balance chemical equations using videos, simulations and games.

  • Ionic Bonding, Covalent Bonding, Melting Point, Molecular Structure | High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Lab: Ionic vs. Covalent Compounds Mark as Favorite (143 Favorites)

    In this lab, students will compare two seemingly similar substances, salt and sugar. Through melting a sample of each substance and analyze of their chemical composition, students will draw conclusions regarding ionic and covalent compounds.

  • Buffers, Solubility, Molecular Structure | High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Lab: Aspirin Tablets: Are they all the Same? Mark as Favorite (53 Favorites)

    In this lab, students will design an experiment to test the time and completeness of dissolution of various types of aspirin in different pH environments.

  • Subatomic Particles, Model of the Atom, Elements, Molecular Formula | Middle School, Elementary School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Project: What's It Made Of? Mark as Favorite (13 Favorites)

    In this project each student will conduct research to discover what compounds, molecules, and elements make up a basic everyday object of their choice. The student will create a poster detailing what the object is made of, including a Bohr model. The student will also create a question about their object’s atomic structure for their peers as part of a culminating project gallery walk to observe, discuss, and learn about each poster.

  • Chemical Change, Molecular Structure | Middle School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Lab: Detecting Fats and Starches in Food Mark as Favorite (5 Favorites)

    In this lab, students will identify fats and starches in a variety of foods. Since we eat many complex foods which contain mixtures of carbohydrates (e.g. sugars and starches), fats, and proteins, conducting food tests will enable the students to determine the make up of a certain food.

  • Covalent Bonding, Naming Compounds, Molecular Formula, Lewis Structures | High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Activity: Molecular Compound Dice Mark as Favorite (83 Favorites)

    In this activity students will use dice and element cards to name molecular compounds and draw their Lewis dot structures.

  • Ionic Bonding, Covalent Bonding, Molecular Formula, Naming Compounds, Stoichiometry, Limiting Reactant, Classification of Reactions | High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Activity: Isn't it Ionic Mark as Favorite (48 Favorites)

    In this activity students will form ionic compounds and covalent compounds using clues and questions. Students are going to then develop their own stoichiometric problems and have other groups attempt to solve it.

  • Ionic Bonding, Net Ionic Equation | High School

    Lab: The pH of Salts Mark as Favorite (17 Favorites)

    In this lab, students will determine whether an aqueous solution is acidic, basic, or neutral. Students will write net ionic equations for the hydrolysis of a solution.

  • Ionic Bonding, Covalent Bonding, Physical Properties | High School

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    In this lab, students will participate in a guided inquiry in which they will test different physical properties, such as conductivity and solubility of given samples. This lab can be used to introduce ionic, covalent and metallic bonds as well as their properties. This lab should help students make connections between the types of bonds, differentiate between them, as well as help to better understand the nomenclature of ionic and covalent compounds.

  • Ionic Bonding, Lewis Structures, Naming Compounds | Middle School, High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Activity: Ionic Bonding Puzzle Mark as Favorite (126 Favorites)

    In this activity, students match puzzle pieces to create neutral ionic compounds. Once they have made a neutral ionic compound they can use electron dot diagrams to show the formation of the compounds. Finally they will name the ionic compounds.

  • Physical Properties, Molecular Structure, Polarity | High School, Elementary School, Middle School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Activity: What Makes Water So Special? Mark as Favorite (50 Favorites)

    In this activity, students will become familiar with the special properties of water by completing several activities that investigate the following physical properties/phenomena: cohesion, adhesion, surface tension, and capillary action.

  • Molecular Structure , Molecular Structure, Molecular Formula, Naming Compounds, Chemical Bond, Interdisciplinary, Introduction | Middle School, High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Activity: Modeling Carbohydrates Mark as Favorite (11 Favorites)

    In this activity, students will identify that organic compounds contain carbon and other elements such as hydrogen and oxygen. They will investigate the structure of different organic and inorganic compounds and model several molecules, including a carbohydrate molecule. They will use their models to help understand how larger molecules are broken down into smaller molecules.

  • Polymers, Chemical Change, Conservation of Matter, Phase Changes | Elementary School

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    In this lesson, students explore the science behind chemical reactions as well as the processes used by chemical engineering principles to develop new materials. The idea that mixing two substances can result in an explosion, the release of gas, and the formation of an entirely new substance is both fascinating and mysterious to most young students.

  • Periodic Table, Orbitals , Electrons, Electron Configuration, Atomic Radius, Ionic Bonding, Covalent Bonding | High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Activity: Planet P-10 Mark as Favorite (35 Favorites)

    In this activity, students will create a periodic table using the unusual orbital rules elements follow on an imaginary planet called P-10 and identify periodic trends.

  • Molecular Formula, History, Covalent Bonding, Molecular Structure, Physical Properties, Chemical Properties | High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Activity: Molecule of the Week Mark as Favorite (36 Favorites)

    In this activity, students research and present a molecule they find relevant to real life, either in the past or present. They must submit notes to the teacher the day before they present their findings in five to 10 minutes to their chemistry class.

  • Solubility, Solute & Solvent, Mixtures, Intermolecular Forces, Intermolecular Forces, Polarity, Molecular Geometry | Elementary School, Middle School, High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Animation: Solubility Animation Mark as Favorite (76 Favorites)

    This animation explores how ionic and molecular compounds dissolve (or don’t) in water. Students will see that if an ionic compound such as salt dissolves, the ions dissociate, whereas the molecules in a molecular compound such as sugar remain intact but are separated from one another by water molecules. They will also see that some ionic compounds such as chalk do not dissolve, and the cations and anions remain stuck together. **This video has no audio**

  • Molecular Structure, Molecular Geometry, History, Periodic Table, Molecular Structure | Elementary School, Middle School, High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Video: Phosphorous Video Mark as Favorite (9 Favorites)

    In this video, Sam Kean tells the story of how phosphorus was at the center of the race to discover the structure of DNA.

  • Ionic Bonding, Covalent Bonding, Polarity, Molecular Formula | Elementary School, Middle School, High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Animation: Bonding Animation Mark as Favorite (111 Favorites)

    This animation explores how different chemical bonds form. Examples of ionic, covalent, and polar covalent bonds are animated, and then students are given a sample of compounds to predict the bonding types. **This video has no audio**

  • Molecular Formula, Ionic Bonding, Covalent Bonding | High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Lab: Lego Modeling of Compounds Mark as Favorite (31 Favorites)

    In this lab, students build Lego models of ionic and covalent compounds.

  • Covalent Bonding, Ionic Bonding, Metallic Bonding, Electronegativity, Polarity, Intermolecular Forces | High School

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    In this activity, students create a video of collisions that represent chemical reactions.

  • Polarity, Polymers, Molecular Structure, Monomer, Intermolecular Forces, Scientific Method, Chemical Change, Intermolecular Forces | Middle School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Lesson Plan: Watch the Baby! Superabsorbent Polymer Mark as Favorite (5 Favorites)

    In this lesson, students will learn about how polymers, specifically superabsorbent polymers, work. Through lab activities, students will investigate polymer properties.

  • Molecular Formula, Chemical Change | High School, Middle School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Lesson Plan: Valentine's Day Chemistry Mark as Favorite (10 Favorites)

    In this lesson, students learn about the chemistry of love. They see chemical structures of compounds involved in the biological process of love and learn about some of the chemical changes associated with love.

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