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Ionic and Covalent Bonds

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    Sharleen Agvateesiri? says:
    Illustrations are well done and put togehter however, i think there is an electron missing from the first illustration in the product. You offer good alternative resources to find further information. For example, videos are very helpful in the understanding of the material. There are some minor grammatical errors in your module but none that effect the meaning of the text.
    Posted 16:47, 3 Mar 2009
    The illustrations provide great examples of the bonding. However, the explanations are a bit wordy and lengthy. It would be a good idea to present smaller amounts of information at a time accompanied by illustrations demonstrating that information. The sample problems are good practice. Overall, it's a great page that just needs a little bit of fine tuning.
    Posted 22:35, 3 Mar 2009
    Jeffrey Ma? says:
    It seems as if the introduction was a bit rushed. There isn't enough information in the introduction as opposed to the explanations. The explanations, as Sukhpal mentioned, are too wordy and could be condensed. Or, it could be separated into different paragraphs for both the ionic and covalent bonding explanations. I like the extra section on bonding in organic chemistry. However, you should input a few illustrations to show this bonding in organic chemistry rather than only have a few illustrations above for your main sections. Overall, the module is good not great and can be improved by structuring the format a bit. Other than that, the explanations are amazing, but can be condensed into a more "readable" format. Also, your external links to videos provide great extra feedback to others who still have trouble with the material.

    In the organic bonding section, what do you mean when you say that most carbon compounds interact somewhere in between ionic and covalent bonding? I notice that you try to explain that in the following sentences, but doesn't seem sufficient enough for my understanding. You later go on about saying that most carbon molecules interact primary due to covalent bonding. This seems to contradict your initial statement of bonding between covalent and ionic bonding. edited 14:02, 5 Mar 2009
    Posted 13:52, 5 Mar 2009
    Satish Balasubramanian? says:
    Huy,
    Your module reflects a great deal of insight into the topic. I liked the illustrations as they clearly exemplified the successive paragraphs. The text itself represents a great deal of effort put into making this page. There are a few minor grammatical errors, but can easily be fixed through a proofread of the text.

    One suggestion I have is to elaborate when you say, "Carbon molecules must either gain or lose 4 electrons. This is highly unfavorable." Why is this unfavorable to a carbon atom? .. Also, one other thing you should go into is the idea of polarity, and how it fits into covalent bonding. Your page, as it is now, entails a great deal of insight and effort, but could use some minor content adjustments.
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