Chemical Bonding Full Unit of Lessons

Science House Chemical Bonding Full Unit

This Chemical Bonding resource is a full unit worth of lesson plans and resources. There are seven lessons included within the unit. This includes an assessment with relevant marking material and student reflection. The unit is student focused with each lesson organised into the sections: starter activity, main activity 1, main activity 2 and summary activity.

The seven lessons included:

1. Atomic Structure and Recap

2. Ionic Bonding

3. Simple Covalent Bonding

4. Giant Covalent Bonding

5. Metallic Bonding

6. Chemical Bonding Summary

7. Chemical Bonding Assessment

There is a variation of resources including:

Lesson PowerPoints - structured and designed to be accompanied by teacher-class discussion as well as board work.

Entrance activities - entrance tickets, word puzzles, draw and describe activities and definition sheets.

Main activities - information extraction, circus activities, exam style questions, match up and station activities.

Summary activities - learning mat, definition check, task cards, task boxes, keywords and exit tasks.

A full lesson plan is provided for each lesson and there are additional teacher instructions provided with relevant activities as well as comprehensive answer sets where required. The lesson plans include the learning points of each lesson which can be shared with students upon arrival.

The unit is designed to be an engaging way to teach chemical bonding and a break from ‘chalk and talk’ teaching. There is a lot of emphasis on student active learning and independent work. The range of activities suits mixed ability classes and offers more of an opportunity for teacher movement and discussion with students whilst they are working.

All work is prepared to fit A4, PDF style and requires no further preparation. Please view the preview for a full understanding of what the unit involves.