NamingCovalent Compounds

🧪 Product Title:

Covalent Naming Puzzle Race – Interactive Chemistry Naming Game for High School

🧾 Product Description:

Turn your chemistry classroom into a high-energy learning lab with the Covalent Naming Puzzle Race! This engaging, standards-aligned activity helps students master the rules of naming covalent compounds through a fast-paced, hands-on game. Students will use prefixes, apply IUPAC naming conventions, and work cooperatively to match molecular formulas to compound names—building confidence and mastery in chemical nomenclature.

Whether used as a station rotation, formative assessment, or team competition, this resource provides everything you need to reinforce critical chemistry skills in a fun, collaborative way.

📦 What’s Included:

• 30+ Covalent Compound Formula Cards

• 30+ Name Cards (with correct IUPAC names)

• Editable “Build-a-Name” Strips (PDF & digital versions)

• Teacher instructions and game setup guide

🎯 Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to:

• Identify covalent (molecular) compounds

• Apply correct Greek prefixes based on subscripts

• Write accurate names using IUPAC rules

🧪 Aligned Standards:

TEKS:

• CHE.6A – Name and write chemical formulas using IUPAC rules

• CHE.6B – Identify types of chemical bonding such as ionic and covalent

NGSS:

• HS-PS1-1 – Use the periodic table to predict types of bonding

• HS-PS1-2 – Construct explanations for chemical reactions

⭐ Key Features:

• Print-and-go and digital-ready

• Great for small group stations or full-class races

• Encourages collaboration and critical thinking

• reusable

📚 Recommended Grade Levels:

Grades 9–12 (also works for advanced 8th-grade physical science)