Chemistry Pals: CHEMISTRY ASSIGNMENT: Chemical Bonding

One-day school week?! For real?! Just in case you don't have anything planned for the 5-day weekend extravaganza... here's an assignment for you students out there. You can answer this while snorkeling, scuba diving, or when your lounging by the pool. This assignment will make playing DOTA even fun-er (haha!).

CHEMISTRY ASSIGNMENT: CHEMICAL BONDING

Answer the following in your notebook.

How many valence electron/s are there in potassium? How about in iodine?
Which of the two atoms above will tend to lose electron/s? Gain electron/s?
Draw the Lewis-dot diagram that illustrates the transfer of electrons.
How many atoms of each element are needed to satisfy the octet rule?

How many valence electron/s are there in calcium? How about in chlorine?
Which of the two atoms above will tend to lose electron/s? Gain electron/s?
Draw the Lewis-dot diagram that illustrates the transfer of electrons.
How many atoms of each element are needed to satisfy the octet rule?

How many valence electron/s are there in aluminum? How about in chlorine?
Which of the two atoms above will tend to lose electron/s? Gain electron/s?
Draw the Lewis-dot diagram that illustrates the transfer of electrons.
How many atoms of each element are needed to satisfy the octet rule?

How many valence electron/s are there in magnesium? How about in oxygen?
Which of the two atoms above will tend to lose electron/s? Gain electron/s?
Draw the Lewis-dot diagram that illustrates the transfer of electrons.
How many atoms of each element are needed to satisfy the octet rule?

JOURNAL ENTRY #2: The world is composed of a variety of materials, from the simplest products we use at home to the most complicated ones that has the capacity to destroy the human race. These are all made possible by the interaction of very small particles called electrons. If you have the capability of mixing or combing atoms to form a very unique product, what product would you like to form? Why? (minimum of 100 words)

JOURNAL ENTRY #3: From the atomic level to the highest level of organization in the universe, God created everything in proper balance. Once this balance is disrupted, nature follows its course to correct this imbalance and stability will once again be established. Looking at the present situation of our environment, when most of human activities are destructive, how can you help bring back the stability of our environment? Does the school’s ESWM project make sense? How can you show your support to this project? (minimum of 100 words)