Vary Your Approach
A topic like this is quite theoretical and if you approach it in a very didactic way, it can be very dry. It’s undoubtedly quite abstract, and if you present it in a fairly traditional way it’s even more so. Try to engage students with it, and get them to think and discuss and use different approaches. Coming at it from different ways helps to bring it alive a bit.
Read the second quote here
Topic:
- General Chemistry
- Electronic Structure/ Electronegativity/ Shape
Strategy:
- Active Learning
- Transitions and Engagement