Chemistry: Why am I Charged?

Objectives

• Students will transfer electrons from a metal to a nonmetal
• Students will relate this transfer to the formation of positive and negative ions.
• Student will learn how to write formulas for ionic compounds.

Vocabulary

• anion
• atom
• cation
• electron
• ion
• ionic compound
• metal
• nonmetal
• octet
• redox reaction
• salt

About the Lesson

This simulation gives a macroscopic view of what occurs microscopically when a metal and a nonmetal react.
As a result, students will:

• Better understand how ions are formed.
• Be able to write formulas for ionic compounds.

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