Chemical Bonding and Molecular Geometry · Chemical Bonding
Covalent Bonding and Lewis Structures
Modeling how atoms share electrons to achieve stability and representing these connections through diagrams.
Key Questions
- 1How does the sharing of electrons minimize the potential energy of a system?
- 2What are the limitations of using two dimensional Lewis structures to represent three dimensional molecules?
- 3How do multiple bonds affect the strength and length of chemical connections?
Common Core State Standards
HS-PS1-1HS-PS1-3
Grade: 11th Grade
Subject: Chemistry
Unit: Chemical Bonding and Molecular Geometry
Period: Chemical Bonding
Suggested Methodologies
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