Candy Compounds

Objective: to learn the difference between ionic and covalent bonds.

Materials:

• Toothpicks
  Gumdrops
• Ziploc bag
• Candy key

Instructions:

• Have students work in groups
• Give each student a candy key
• Have each group color in their candy key according to the number of gumballs
• Make each compound according to the bond type with a gumdrop
• Fill in the following chart
• Reuse the gumdrops