Week 5: Oct 8 - 12


Year 8 Students' are exploring the Regular structure of different types of salts , and draw the electronic configuration of different elements.

Learning Objectives

  • Describe the structure of an ion and compare it with that of an atom
  • Explain how ionic and covalent bonds are formed
  • Explain what a molecule is
  • Write the formulae of some ionic and covalent compounds.

Summary notes for unit 2

Model answer of Summary notes


PowerPoint Presentation

2.3 Why elements react to form compounds

2.4 Simple and giant structures




The differences between Covalent and ionic bonds