Unit 11: Electrons and Bonding

Unit Objectives

• Describe the principles and interactions responsible for atomic structure.
• Predict the charges of the single-atom ions of alkali, alkaline earth, chalcogen, and halogen elements.
• Assign an electron dot structure for a covalent molecule.
• Predict the three-dimensional structure of a covalent molecule given its electron dot structure.

Class Stuff

• Lab 11 pages from the manual
• PowerPoint slides from the presentation on
• Homework questions for the unit

Resources

About the Uncertainty Principle

• Wave packet explorer from Kansas State’s Visual Quantum mechanics
• Less interactive uncertainty applet from Seven Stones

About Elements, Atoms, and the Periodic Table

• How Atoms Work from Howstuffworks.com
• Teacher Resources from Jefferson Laboratory
• Lame pictures of atomic orbitals
• Atomic structure from Hyperphysics (advanced)
• Online Atoms Jeopardy game
• Very cool periodic table from Los Alamos National Lab
• Visual Elements periodic table from the Royal Society of Chemistry
• Web Elements periodic table
• Table of the isotopes from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Electron Configutations applet from John Gelder at Oklahoma State
• The Periodic Table of Videos (about the elements) from the University of Nottinghan