Journal Entry:

Oxygen has 6 valence electrons and forms two bonds. Which electrons are involved in the bonding? How is the number of bonds related to the numbers of paired and unpaired electrons?

Learning Intentions

• We will learn how to create accurate structural formulas using Lewis dot symbols.

• We will learn to describe the type of bonding found in molecular substance.

• We will learn how to explain the Chemistry behind the HONC 1234 rule

Closing Task:

You can draw the structural formulas using Lewis dots of different isomers for a given molecular compound.

Content Standards being covered:

Student understands why bonding occurs between atoms, what types of bonds form when different elements interact, how the bonds form and properties that arise as result of the bond forming.