Curated OER
Worksheet-Bonding
In this bonding and electron configuration worksheet, students answer 9 multi-part questions including identifying the differences between bond types, drawing Lewis structures for atoms and identifying types of bonds in molecules.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Polarity and Intermolecular Forces
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The following online tutorial describes how the electronegativity difference between two atoms in a covalent bond results in the formation of a nonpolar covalent,...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Chemical Bonds
By working through this web-based activity, students differentiate between ionic, non-polar covalent, and polar covalent bonds. Specifically, distinctions are made between bonding types based on orbital shapes and electronegativity...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Test Prep: Mcat: Chemical Processes: Covalent Bonds: Intramolecular and Intermolecular Forces
Explains what intramolecular and intermolecular forces are and the different types for each. Includes lots of examples.
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...
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
Fsu: Basic Concepts of Chemical Bonding: Polarity and Electronegativity
Florida State University provides an explanation of electronegativity of elements and its affect on bond type.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Chemistry: Electronegativity
Created to teach students of the 21st century, SOPHIA is bringing electronegativity straight to your fingertips. Become the commander of your own learning experiences as you take part in this interactive lesson and help make learning...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Electronegativity
Explore the concept of electronegativity and how it trends across the periodic table of elements. The author uses simple, humorous drawings to help with understanding.
Other
Personal Site: Covalent Bonding Single Bonds
This site is a personal site that gives "a simple view of covalent bonding" including explanations, diagrams, and examples.
Frostburg State University
General Chemistry: Why Oh, Nh, and Fh Bonds Are Polar
Frostburg State University provides a brief explanation to the question of why small hydrogen molecules, such as OH, NH, and FH, are very polar.
Other
University of Texas Dallas: Electron Appetites
The first section of this lecture on polarity and electronegativity discusses what polar covalent bonds are by using carbon dioxide as an example.