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Linus Pauling: Nobel laureate and ... orange juice fan? Examine the varied interests of one of America's greatest scientific minds with a video from JFR Science. The narrator discusses Pauling's work in chemical bonding research, his later interests in social activism and biochemistry, and his electronegativity scale.
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Instructional Ideas
- Show the video to get the class acquainted with polar covalent bonding and the story of Linus Pauling
- Assign practice problems immediately following the video to spot check for understanding
Classroom Considerations
- Make copies and distribute an electronegativity chart for pupils to refer to during the video
- This video is hosted on YouTube
Pros
- The narrator stresses the importance of only examining the electronegativities of two bonded atoms to determine their bonding character, an important fundamental aspect
- Illustrations clarify what happens to the electrons in different types of bonds
Cons
- None