Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Ideas for posts: Let me know what you want!

I've had some comments on this blog leading me to believe that these posts are helping students. I'd like to know more about who you are and what class you are taking. Is it a high school level class or other?

Email me at julieawissd@yahoo or leave a comment here.

Also: Do you have specific topics you would like me to write about here? What are they?`

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Graph for determining polarity based on shape for Lewis Dot/VSEPR theory





































This by far the best diagram I've seen for determining polarity based on shape. I've taught from three different textbooks now and never seen it explained so well. See my previous post about determination of electronegativity. You need do that before you can determine shape.