Ions and ionic chemistry are essential to life and just about everything they will run across.
The ChemBytes website has a sophisticated set of learning objects to help students understand specific fundamental topics such as aqueous solutions. Dissolution and speciation are covered in detail with simulations and visualisations.
Link to ChemBytes: Aqueous Solutions
Give applications of ions in the real world. For example, neurotransmitters.
Use simulations and relate that to a chemical reaction. Eg. CoCl2 → Co2+ (aq) + 2Cl- (aq)
Link to PhET Simmulation: Sugar and Salt Solutions
The Chemistry Discipline Network is an open community of Chemistry academics from around Australia.
Australian Council of Deans of Science Teaching and Learning Centre
Advancing Science by Enhancing Learning the Laboratory: ASELL
IonicViper
Elements of Sustainable Chemistry
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