So You Want To Create a Lesson Plan... 

on Chemical Bonding?

By Michael Douglas Brumage (click to e-mail)

This lesson plan generator is designed to be used to make lesson plans for chemical bonding that students can do on the computer. 

Step #1: Come up with a title: Click to open a standard outline for a lesson plan

Step #2: You need to pick an easy into activity. Keep in mind that this activity should be able to draw from previous knowledge and enable the student to start thinking about the concept of bonding and how atoms fit together. To make this easier, look to the right for a few link options. You can choose other activities to use, but I have looked at these and they seem to work well and will not take too much time. Most are designed to be done right on the computer. To select an item, right click on that web site in blue, and choose "copy shortcut".  Then go back to your outline and past it under "Into Activity".   

 You can help improve this site by sending me your link additions.

Step #3: You now need to pick a Through Activity site that is at the appropriate level for your students. There are so many sites out there that cover the concept of bonding. I have placed several links to the right that you can pick and choose from under the Through Activities area. These sites contain information on the three basic types of bonds and might even have some animations. Keep in mind that many of these sites are above your students level, but they can still search for those concepts that you are dealing with in class.  Perhaps a vocabulary list to work from can help your students sift through the web site. As before, just right click on the blue site you want to copy and select "copy shortcut" and paste it under the Through Activity area.

Step #4: Once the students have had time to work through the activity, they should have an opportunity to experience a more in-depth look at chemical bonding. Now choose a site under the Beyond Activities section for the students to work through.  These site will help the students see the real life applications of what they have been learning.

Step #5: It is now time to choose an appropriate assessment for the students. You have a few choices to choose from under the Assessments area. If you don't like the quizzes available, you can make your own using the "create your own online quiz" choice.  Another way to create a quiz is in Microsoft Word with drop down menus for multiple choice questions. This is easy to do and allows complete customization of your assessments. Just follow the steps below.

 First, type the question. Leave the cursor at the end of the question. Next, under the view menu select toolbars and scroll down and click on forms.  This will open a small new toolbar called “Forms.” Within this toolbar, move your pointer across and choose the selection called Drop- Down Form Field. Now move your pointer to the next box to the right form field options and select that box.  You will see a small box with items to add.  Your first item to add should be a blank; just space over and click add.  Then you may add optional answers A-D or what ever you choose.  Have fun.  Then click on the lock picture in the form field to end your quiz.  This can then be uploaded to a web page or put on a server.  The possibilities are endless.