Weeks Fifteen & Sixteen: Ionic & Covalent Compounds

Students will learn about how metals and non-metals form compounds either ionically or covalently. They will realize that a metal that combines with a non-metal can form an ionic bond while two non-metals can result in sharing of electrons,  i.e., forming a covalent bond. These types of bonding formation will be put into practice until students master them since these types of bonds will be the foundation of their knowledge as they proceed through the chemistry cirrculum.