C2 L5: Metallic Bonding

AQA GCSE Chemistry and Combined Science
Unit 2: Bonding, Structure and Properties of Matter
Lesson 5: Metallic Bonding

What is included in this resource:

• Lesson powerpoint
• Topic map
• Starter activity for retrieval practice
• Learning objectives and specification references
• Lesson content
• Opportunities for formative assessment

Why this resource?
This lesson explores metallic bonding in detail, including how metallic bonding arises, how the bonding is represented, and how the bonding in pure metals and alloys can be compared.
This lesson follows on from C2 L4: Ionic Compounds.

All lessons are designed with the Ofsted framework in mind: minimal clutter on the slides, clear flow between the lesson sequence, a topic map to show how this lesson fits in with the rest of the topic, and lesson objectives that get referred back to at each interval in the lesson with questions to check for understanding of every learning objective.