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Title Page

Topic Overview

• Content in a Nutshell
  
• Place in the Curriculum
  
• Central Concepts
  
• Related Concepts
  
• Related Skills
  
• Performance Objectives

Concept/Skills Development

• Laboratory Activity 1: Physical Properties and Chemical Bonding in Solids
  Student Version
  Teacher Notes

• Laboratory Activity 2: Metals and Ionic Crystals
  Student Version
  Teacher Notes

• Demonstrations
  
  Demonstration 1: Electrical Conductivity of Solutions
  Demonstration 2: Displaying Structures in Two Dimensions
  Demonstration 3: Magnetic Analogy for Bonding Forces
  Demonstration 4: Force at a Distance

• Group and Discussion Activities
  
  Key Questions
  Counterintuitive Examples and Discrepant Events
  Metaphors and Analogies
  Pictures in the Mind

• Tips for the Teacher
  
  Language of Chemistry
  Pattern Recognition
  Common Student Misconceptions
  Problem Solving

• History: On the Human side

• Humor: On the Fun Side

• Media

Links/Connections

• Within Chemistry
  
• Between Chemistry and Other Disciplines
  
• To the Contemporary World
  

Extensions

References

Appendix