Submitted by Joanne Stewart / Hope College on Sun, 11/18/2007 - 14:17
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Categories
Prerequisites
General Chemistry
Corequisites
No Corequisites
Course Level
Second year
Topics Covered
Molecular structure
Subdiscipline
Molecular Structure and Bonding
Description

This is a worksheet on Lewis structures and formal charges. The learning goal is for students to be able to use formal charges to defend the relative stabilities of resonance structures of molecules.

Attachment Size
lewisinclass_header.doc 32 KB
Learning Goals

1. Students will be able to draw resonance structures of molecules.

2. Students will be able to assign formal charges to atoms.

3. Students will be able to use formal charges to argue about the relative stability of various resonance structures.

Equipment needs

None.

Time Required
20-25 minutes

Evaluation

Evaluation Methods

I collect and grade the worksheet.

Evaluation Results

Most students are able to complete the worksheet correctly.

Creative Commons License
Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share Alike CC BY-NC-SA