Did you know baking powder can be used to treat acne, whiten teeth, and make sugar cookies? The instructional activity on the development of baking powder is ready-to-go with no preparation required. Through readings, pupils answer...

Students discover that ionic bonding occurs when electrons are transferred from one atom to the other and not shared as in covalent bonding.

Students draw and interpret Lewis dot diagrams for individual atoms and both covalent and ionic compounds.

Six middle school chemistry lessons about the periodic table and bonding complete with handouts and animations.