Sunday, February 26, 2023

Electron Configurations

Let me share several resources for teaching electron configurations.   Start here with this chapter from a teacher’s edition of Prentice Hall Chemistry, explaining electron configurations.  Here is a good overview about electron configurations.  It’s important to understand how the electrons around different elements behave, especially during bonding.  This lesson leads to Lewis dot diagrams and VSEPR lessons.  There are several ways to teach electron configurations.  Take a look at this Guided activity.  Here is a worksheet with an answer key.  Try Hog Hilton, a very popular Chemistry activity for instructions.  Here is a POGIL activity for electron configurations and the answer key.  Hope these help!

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