# Introduction for Module 9 – Lewis Structures

Textbook: Open Stax Chemistry 2e

Suggested Reading: Chapter 7.1-7.4 (Especially 7.3)

Learning Objectives:

- Recognize the number of valence electrons in each element of the periodic table
- Predict how atoms will bond covalently into Lewis structures based on its number of valence electrons
- Sketch Lewis structures for covalent compounds and polyatomic ions, including octet exceptions