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All About Covalent Compounds!
Visit this site to find out what covalent compounds are, how covalent bonding is different from ionic bonding, how the properties of covalent compounds differ from ionic compounds, and how to name covalent compounds. There is also a link...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Ionic & Covalent Compounds
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart presents rules for writing and naming ionic and covalent compounds. There is a short assessment using Activotes.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Molecules and Compounds
Article defines and explains compounds which are either ionic or covalent and molecules which are the simplest unit of a covalent compound. Molecules can be represented in many different ways.
Frostburg State University
General Chemistry Online: Ionic and Molecular Compounds
Provides a good outline of the concepts involved in ionic and covalent bonding, with links to definition of terms. Features a list of common molecular compounds and a chart that compares ionic and molecular compounds.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Molecular Compounds
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of covalent compound, how they are named and how they differ from ionic compounds.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Chemistry of Compounds
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explores chemical compounds and how elements form different compounds.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Ionic Compounds
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following online tutorial students will name ionic compounds containing main group or transition metals, covalent compounds, acids, and bases, using...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Molecular Compounds
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following online tutorial students will name ionic compounds containing main group or transition metals, covalent compounds, acids, and bases, using...
Chiral Publishing
Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Types of Compounds
Discover different types of compounds such as binary covalent, binary ionic, binary acids, and oxyacids. Explore links that give information about writing names and formulas for different compounds.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Physical Science: Bonding and Chemical Reactions
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...
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Fernbank: Naming Chemical Compounds
Learn how to name chemical compounds. Scientist world over use a standard method for naming chemical compounds based on an international standard that makes working with chemicals not only precise but safe as well. Includes quiz.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Ionic Compounds: Naming Compounds With Polyatomic Ions: Lesson 1
This lesson will provide naming rules for ionic compounds containing polyatomic ions and give examples. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Ionic Compounds: Naming Compounds with Polyatomic Ions in Formula."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Ionic Compounds: Formulas From Compound Names With Polyatomic Ions
This lesson will demonstrate how to write the formula for an ionic compound containing polyatomic ions given the systemic name.
Chiral Publishing
Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Compounds and Chemical Bonds: Audio Book
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.
Frostburg State University
Frostburg State Chemistry Online: Classifying Compounds Quiz
A short 6-question online quiz to test your knowledge of compounds. Explains the correct answers after the students answers have been submitted.
Chiral Publishing
Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Chemical Nomenclature
Read and learn about the process in which compounds are named and written. View several examples of written compounds and have access to links that give more information about writing names and formulas for compounds.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Conductivity and Bonding
Students will measure the conductivity of several compounds and solutions in order to predict the bond types (ionic or covalent) in the substances tested.
Ohio State University
Ohio State University: Electronegativity & Bond Polarity
Excellent graphics help this page explain the relationship between electronegativity and bond polarity.
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University of Texas at Dallas: Attractions in Compounds
Explanation of attractive forces and energy changes involved in bonding.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Polarity and Intermolecular Forces
[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,...
Chem4kids
Chem4 Kids: Fluorine
Here you can find some great information about the 9th element in the periodic table, "fluorine." Content focuses on fluorine's electrons, where you can find fluorine in nature and in the home, and how fluorine combines with other elements.
Chem4kids
Chem4 Kids: Silicon (Si)
Here you can find some great information about the 14th element in the periodic table, "silicon." Content focuses on silicon's electrons, where you can find silicon in nature and in the home, and how silicon combines with other elements.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Chemical Formula
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How to write chemical formulae and what they represent about the substance.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: General Chemistry
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will be introduced to some of the basic concepts of chemistry.