In this module students explore the properties of chemicals with covalent and ionic bonds. Students learn that there are different types of covalent bonds, polar and nonpolar, and that the type of covalent bond along with the shape of a...

Acting as an overview from the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, this site explores chemical bonding in relation to metals and semiconductors. Topics covered include molecular orbitals in metals, band structure in metals, and more.

Did you ever wonder how or why atoms bond together? This interactive tutorial sheds some light on why bonds form and the difference between ionic and covalent bonds.

Good introduction and graphics make this a solid page for understanding the orbital role in bonding and molecular geometry. The author is a professor at Florida State University.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the metallic bond and properties of metals. Includes review questions.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Metallic bonds and how they influence the properties of metals.

Through informational text, interactive puzzles, and review questions, students differentiate ionic and covalent bonds and identify the properties of each. They also use oxidation numbers to predict formulas of ionic compounds, name...

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

Students discover the concept that two atoms can attract and form a covalent bond.

The General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, or Chem 1, is broken into several sections covering various aspects of topics related to chemistry. This section deals with the shared-electron covalent bond and related topics such as the octet...

After observing a demonstration of a chemical reaction between a burning candle and the oxygen in the air, students use atom model cut-outs to model the reaction and see that all the atoms in the reactants show up in the products.

This tutorial explains the basic concepts of ionic bonding, with a good discussion of lattice energy.

Florida State University provides an explanation of electronegativity of elements and its affect on bond type.

What is a chemical bond? Learn about the structure of an atom, why bonds are formed, and the different types of chemical bonds.

This lesson will present the basic properties and characteristics of chemical bonds. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Characteristics of Chemical Bonds."

This lesson will present the basic properties and characteristics of chemical bonds. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Characteristics of Chemical Bonds."

Describe the difference between Ionic and Covalent bonding. This lesson is 2 of 5 in the series titled "Chemical Bonds."

Describe the difference between Ionic and Covalent bonding. This lesson is 5 of 5 in the series titled "Chemical Bonds."

View this collection of simulations to gain a better understanding of how chemical reactions happen.

An article discussing how chemical reactions make and break bonds between atoms.

A slide presentation with several slides dedicated to the topic of formal charges. Formal charges are explained, and examples are given. A practice example is provided.

A look at the processes of association and dissociation in chemical bonding. Observe simulations that show the influence of temperature on making and breaking of bonds, how diatomic molecules form, and what determines the speed of...

Most recipes for Thanksgiving pumpkin pies call for clove and nutmeg - two distinct spices that come from two nearly identical molecules: eugenol and isoeugenol. "The Chemical Bond Between Cloves and Nutmeg" explains how the strength and...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The following online tutorial describes how the electronegativity difference between two atoms in a covalent bond results in the formation of a nonpolar covalent,...