GEMS International School AL KHAIL
Unit 1: Organic Chemistry
Subject Material: MUNDO - WORD ® b SCHOOL GEMS 30NOW EDUCATION
GEMS International School AL KHAIL
L1: Covalent Bonding
Material Reference: MUNDO ® b SCHOOL GEMS SANOW 19.38 EDUCATION
Setting Your Targets
Review the Target Sheet: Organic Chemistry Target Sheet
Color the smiley faces for the first two learning objectives before the unit.
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Unit Outline
Covalent Bonding:
Common elements in organic compounds
Bonding of Carbon
Properties of Covalent compounds
Fractional distillation of fuels
Alkanes
Alkenes
Alcohols
Carboxylic acids
Reactions of Alkanes, Alkenes, Alcohols, and Carboxylic acids
Making of Organic Compounds
Long-chain hydrocarbons and fuels
Very long-chain hydrocarbons and fractional distillation
Shorter chain hydrocarbons: Alkenes, Alkanes, Alcohols, Polymers, Carboxylic acids
Processes: Cracking, Addition of water, Addition of hydrogen, Polymerisation, Oxidation
Learning Objective (L1):
Apply covalent bonding rules to infer and model the structure of simple molecular compounds of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen.
Today’s Focus: Describing the bonding in covalent compounds and molecules.
Starter Activity:
Write down three questions to discuss after watching the video.
Discussion HOT Question Stems - Bonding Questions
Jamboard Link: Use sticky notes on the first page.
Starter Discussion:
What is organic chemistry?
What is an organic compound?
How do biochemistry and organic chemistry overlap?
Jamboard Link: Use sticky notes on the second page.
Explore:
Organic chemistry = Study of carbon-based molecules
Carbon-based molecules = Molecules containing at least one carbon atom.
Covalent bond = The force of attraction between two atoms sharing at least one pair of electrons.
Refresher:
What is a covalent bond?
Covalent bonds form between which type of elements?
Compare a covalent bond to an ionic bond.
Explore: Covalent Bond Types
Covalent bonding occurs typically between non-metals.
Compare covalent, ionic, and metallic bonding.
Alternative bonding mechanism via examples.
Plenary Self-Assessment (Pre-self Assessment):
At the start of the lesson, color in the smiley face representing your understanding of:
Differentiating between ionic and covalent compounds.
Explaining how covalent bonding occurs.
Drawing Bohr diagrams for covalent compounds.
Drawing Lewis diagrams for covalent compounds.
Explore: Electron Configuration.
Watch a video to review electronic configurations of the first 20 elements in the periodic table.
Discuss:
Commonality observed in electron arrangement diagrams (B, C, N, O, F, Ne) and their periodic table positions.
Number of electrons in the valence shell and their implications.
Practice: Bohr Diagram
Review "How to draw Bohr Diagrams" tutorial, then draw electron arrangement diagrams for B, C, N, O, F, Ne.
Complete the Bohr Diagrams Worksheet.
Practice: Bohr Diagrams of Molecules
Draw and label the diagrams for the shared electron pairs and confirm complete outer shells for each atom.
Electron Shells Assessment:
Match elements to their electron configuration.
Interactive Test: Drag elements onto the correct configuration.
Explore: Covalent Bonding of H, O, and N
Practice: Draw dot and cross "Bohr" diagrams for:
Cl2, O2, and N2.
Practice: Continue drawing diagrams for others, specifying bond types.
Practice: Continued diagramming for diatomic molecules, demonstrating bond types and counts.
Practice: Distinguishing bond types (single, double, triple) for various molecules.
Practice: Draw dot and cross diagrams for complex molecules like H2O, HCl, NH3, etc.
Halfway Progress Check: Reflect on learning and group status in achieving set objectives.
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