OpenStax
Open Stax: Chemical Bonds
Learn here about chemical bonds, a weak or strong electrical attraction that holds atoms in the same vicinity.
Chem4kids
Chem4 Kids: Ions
Here at Chem4Kids you can learn all about ions. Content explores what an ion is, its various characteristics, electrovalence, and more.
Vision Learning
Visionlearning: Chemistry: The Nature of the Chemical Bond
This site talks about ionic, polar covalent, and non-polar covalent bonding.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Ionic and Covalent Bonding
In this tutorial, students learn about ionic and covalent bonds and predict which elements will form which type of bond. Includes interactive exercises as well as videos.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Ionic Bonding
In this interactive activity from ChemThink, students will learn how ionic bonds are formed and how an ionic bond structure is represented by its formula.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Ionic Bonds and Ionic Compounds
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following online tutorial students will learn to explain how an ionic bond is formed when electrons are transferred from one atom to another in terms of the...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Conductivity and Bonding
Students will measure the conductivity of several compounds and solutions in order to predict the bond types (ionic or covalent) in the substances tested.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Single and Multiple Covalent Bonds
Explains what covalent bonds are and the difference between them and ionic bonds. Discusses the properties of polar and non-polar covalent bonds, and single and multiple covalent bonds, and gives analogies and examples of how covalent...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Ionic Bonding
A tutorial illustrating ionic bonding. Tutorial explains how and why it occurs with animations and some interactive activities throughout. Explore the bond that forms between sodium and chlorine as you count the number of atoms present.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Ionic Bonding
A basic review of ionic bonding and nomenclature.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Introducing Ionic Bonds: How Does the String Hold Together?
This inquiry activity introduces chemical and ionic bonds and allows students to investigate an unknown situation, make hypotheses, and share data.
Ohio State University
Ohio State University: Electronegativity & Bond Polarity
Excellent graphics help this page explain the relationship between electronegativity and bond polarity.
Michael Blaber, PhD
Florida State University: Basic Concepts of Chemical Bonding: Ionic Bonding
This tutorial explains the basic concepts of ionic bonding, with a good discussion of lattice energy.
Quia
Quia: Reading Detective: Main Idea
A 20 question quiz testing knowledge of ionic and covalent bonding.
Quia
Quia: Chemical Bonds (Ionic and Covalent) Quiz
This is 21-question multiple choice quiz over chemical bonds was written for a 7th-grade science class.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Ionic Bonding: Lesson 2
This lesson will define an ionic bond. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Ionic Bonding."
American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: Energy Levels, Electrons, and Ionic Bonding
Explore ionic molecular bonds and how electrons and their energy levels come into play.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Ionic Compounds
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Ionic compounds: how they form, how the are named, and their properties and uses.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Chemistry: Ionic Bonding
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers how ions interact with one another in ionic bonds.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Ionic Bonding
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Ionic bonds: How and why they form, and the role of energy in their formation.
University of Waterloo (Canada)
University of Waterloo: Ionic Compounds
Discussion of ionic compounds includes monatomic and polyatomic ions, lattice energy calculations, and practice questions.
Chem Tutor
Chem Tutor: Bonds in General
A summary of bonding terms and the importance of electrons in bonding.
Chem Tutor
Chem Tutor: Radicals or Polyatomic Ions
This site includes a list of the names, formulas, and charges of some common polyatomic ions.
Other
University of Texas at Dallas: Attractions in Compounds
Explanation of attractive forces and energy changes involved in bonding.