Some examples from ECLIPSE of what students have said relating to covalent bonding:
A double bond is different to a covalent bond
Covalent bonding is when atoms share electrons to combine into one whole thing
It’s covalent bonding where the electrons are shared to create a full outer shell
Sharing the same shell and electron makes them more joined together like one
The chlorine atoms share electrons to fill in their shells
Two hydrogen atoms share an electron each so they’ve got two electrons between them
Single bonds are different to covalent bonds or ionic bonds
This is just one of a wide range of science topics that learners have talked about in ECLIPSE projects.
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Dr Keith S Taber kst24@cam.ac.uk
University of Cambridge Faculty of Education
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