From the water we drink to the salt we put on food, we benefit from atomic bonds every day. Colorful, easy-to-understand animations and video footage illustrate the process of chemical bonding and various types of bonds. Additional concepts and terminology: molecule, electron arrangement, valence electrons, compounds, ion, ionic bond, covalent bond, crystal, metallic bond, and organic compound.

Originally released by Visual Learning, 2009. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on April 18, 2015. Teacher's guide available under Additional info tag.

Atoms and Bonding (3:57); --How Atoms Bond (1:54); -- Ionic Bonds (2:39); -- Exploring Covalent Bonds (1:32); -- Scale Solar System Model (3:07); -- Summing Up (1:18); -- Video Assessment (1:47); -- Credits: Forming Bonds (0:40); .