Chemical Bonding CER Warmup

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Chemical Bonds

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Grade Level11th Grade

SubjectChemical Bonds

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I am making a CER warmup for a chemistry activity. The student sheet for the activity is attached. The purpose of the activity is a 'chemical bonding speed dating' activity, where students are assigned an element at the start of class, and are expected to matchup with other students in a rotation to determine which other elements they can form either ionic or covalent bonds with. I want the class to start off with a CER activity, where the students will take their assigned element and predict/r...

This learning resource focuses on predicting chemical bonds by utilizing periodic table evidence and fundamental concepts of chemical bonding. Students learn to identify valence electrons, distinguish between metals and non-metals, and apply the octet rule to make informed predictions about bonding pairs. They will construct a Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning (CER) framework, which encourages them to justify their predictions of which elements can bond together, based on scientific principles. The resource also includes a Spanish version, aligning learning objectives and success criteria for bilingual engagement. Fundamental elements like atomic number, group number, and properties of bonding partners serve as key components in their exploration of chemical interactions.