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Learning Intentions

Content Standards being covered:

*Student understands why bonding (intramolecular forces) occurs between atoms, what types of bonds form when different elements interact, how the bonds form and properties that arise as a result of the bond forming.
93. Electronegativity is the amount of attraction that an atom has to pull an electron to itself, removing it from another atom and forming an anion (measured in Pauling Units)
121. Ionic compounds have large differences between the electronegativities of atoms >1.7
122. Covalent compounds (molecular compounds) have smaller (polar) <1.7 or no differences (non polar) between electronegativities of atoms
123. Ionic compounds have high melting points, are usually soluble in water and can conduct electricity as liquids.
124. Covalent compounds (molecules) do not conduct electricity, have lower melting points and only polar covalent are soluble in water.
137. A polar molecule is a molecule where the atoms do not share the electrons equally (they have a difference in electronegativity between 0.4 and 1.7) or the molecule is unsymetrical and so create a slightly polar compound wherein one element becomes slightly positive and the other slightly negative
138. Nonpolar molecules are formed when there is no difference in electronegativity, < 0.4 or the overall compound is symmetrical
139. Polar molecules dissolve in water and conduct electricity slightly. Nonpolar molecules do not do either
141. Polar liquids dissolve polar compounds but not nonpolar. Nonpolar liquids dissolve nonpolar compounds but not polar. (like dissolves like)
142. Water is a polar covalent molecule and will dissolve polar molecules and ionic compounds
145. Conductivity is the ability to allow energy in the form of electricity or heat to move through the substance

Habits of Mind/Life skills being covered:

Posing Questions and Problem Solving

Making Connections with Past Knowledge

Striving for Accuracy

Journal Entry:

What questions do you have about the properties of bonds lab from yesterday?  What substances have the highest solubility? What substances have the highest conductivity?