[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following online tutorial, students will begin to describe the electron-sea model of metallic bonding. They will explain how metallic bonding is responsible...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Manipulate the electrons and protons to explore metallic bonding. Then answer a self-correcting concept question.

Examine what it is that gives metal its special characteristics and how metal behaves under the stress of heat and outside forces. An engaging interactive feature is offered to here to illustrate this concept.

This slide show on atomic bonds contains several slides on electron affinity. Other topics include covalent, Sigma and Pi bonds, and atomic bonding in solids.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of a chemical bond, why they form and the different types.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of a chemical bond, why they form and the different types.

A tutorial illustrating ionic bonding. Tutorial explains how and why it occurs with animations and some interactive activities throughout. Explore the bond that forms between sodium and chlorine as you count the number of atoms present.

Discussion of ionic compounds includes monatomic and polyatomic ions, lattice energy calculations, and practice questions.

Here you can find some great information about the 12th element in the periodic table, "magnesium." Content focuses on magnesium's electrons, where you can find magnesium in nature and in the home, and how magnesium combines with other...