Allotropes of carbon are a girl's best friend. Here's a video that covers the various networks of solids and carbon, including the process for changing graphite network structures to diamond and then back to graphite. The video concludes with a discussion of sheet and 3-D networks. 

Concepts

solids, covalent bonds, carbon, diamonds, chemical structure, 3-d

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Design an outline for note taking to assist students

Classroom Considerations

• Remember anyone is able to make YouTube comments, so they may be inappropriate
• Requires prior knowledge of solids and chemical bonds
• The 34th in a series of 46 videos

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Includes closed captioning to help viewers understand the material covered
• Provides clear, easy-to-follow diagrams
• Works well in a flipped or traditional classroom

Cons

• None