Ionic Compound Formula Writing – Ion Dice

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This no-prep activity makes ionic compound formula writing interactive and engaging. Practice ionic
compound formula writing in print and digital Google formats! Ask your students to use specific colored
dice or digital spinners for specific practice, i.e. monatomic ions, multivalent ions or polyatomic ions.

Also included:
1. Directions and tips for how to set up your dice
2. Printable worksheet for structured practice with sample answer key
3. Digital Google slides with embedded digital spinners for practice with sample answer key where
slides can be duplicated or removed to fit your students’ needs
4. All digital spinners embedded on one Google slide – this slide can replace the use of dice

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Dice Information:
1. Six dice are needed per group - one of each color: red, orange, yellow,
green, blue & violet. I'd recommend groups of 2-4 students. For a class
size of 30, make 10 copies of each dice - using a total of 60 cubes.

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Dice Information continued:
2. The foam cubes seen in the product image came from Amazon, specifically, the "Manipulite Foam
1-Inch Color Cubes, Set of 100" - not included in this resource. Any unused cubes can be used to make
dice for other games.
3. I favored the quiet rolling foam cubes. However, these could be replaced with:
• Wooden cubes – use colored permanent markers (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet) to
write the ions on the dice. Often available at local craft & retail stores.
• Paper cubes – to increase the durability for years of use, use card stock or laminate before
cutting. Search "blank cube template" online and write in ions from the provided list before
making copies.
• 3-D print your own ion dice-specific colors and ions listed in this resource.

Teaching Tips:
• On the printable worksheet, ask students to use larger space below the “Neutral Ionic Compound”
heading to show their work as they “drop and swap”, or criss-cross charges to make the ionic
compound formula or use the space to show the math behind the neutral charge.
• Consider having students collaborate and check each other’s work.

Need a great, fully editable year-long resource to quickly group students & sneak in review with the
group card names? See my Editable Student Partner Cards resource here.

Accessing the Digital Activities

1. Be sure you are logged into the Google account you want to save these
files into first. When you select the links below, it will ask you to make a
copy of each file. Select “Make a Copy”.

Preview Student File(s) Answer Key(s)

Ionic Compound Formula Writing
Duplicate or remove slides within this slide deck to fit
Sample Answer Key
your students’ needs. You can reference GoogleTM help
on how to do this here.

Ionic Compound Formula Writing Spinners

This slide can replace the use of dice.

2. These copies in your drive are now your Master Templates. I would recommend changing the names
of the files and organizing the file into a folder so that you can easily access it later.

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 Making Your Ion Dice:
Using six colors of foam cubes, label each of the six sides with the ions below. Low on time? Consider
asking a student help you out, they are great at helping!
• Writing tip: Slightly curl the lowercase “l” that appears in chloride, chlorate, chlorite and hypochlorite
ion formulas so that students don’t confuse the “l” with an uppercase “I”.

R O Y G B V
Polyatomic
Monatomic Monatomic Multivalent Polyatomic Polyatomic
anion “-ites”
cations anions cations anion “-ates” cations
and “-ides”

Na+ F- Fe2+ NO3- NH4+ NO2-

Be2+ O2- Fe3+ CO32- H3O+ PO33-

Al3+ N3- Cu+ PO43- Ba2+ SO32-

Li+ Cl- Cu3+ SO42- Sr2+ ClO2-

Ca2+ S2- Pb2+ ClO3- Al3+ ClO-

Ga3+ P3- Pb4+ BrO3- Mg2+ OH-

Scaffold with Ion Dice

Scaffold ionic compound formula writing by using the following combinations:

Combinations Colored Cubes

a.) Monatomic cations and monoatomic anions Red & Orange

b.) Multi-valent cations and monoatomic anions Yellow & Orange

c.) Monatomic cations and polyatomic “-ates” Red & Green

d.) Multivalent cations and polyatomic “-ates” Yellow & Green

e.) Polyatomic cations and monatomic anions Blue & Orange

f.) Monatomic cations and polyatomic “ites” and “ides” Red & Violet

g.) Polyatomic cations and polyatomic “ites” and “ides” Blue & Violet

h.) Practice with all ions All!

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Introductory Reading: Circle the correct word to complete each sentence below.
Ionic compounds are held together by [ ionic / covalent ] bonds. An ionic bond holds together two
oppositely charged [ ions / atoms ].The positive ion is called the [ cation / anion ]. The negative ion is called
the [ cation / anion ]. The superscript charge represents the number of [ electrons / elements ] gained or
lost. The subscript number represents the [ charge / quantity ] of elements in a formula. Ionic compounds
are made of a ratio of ions so that the overall charge is [ charged / neutral ].

Cation Anion Cation Anion Cation Anion

Neutral Ionic Compound Neutral Ionic Compound Neutral Ionic Compound

Cation Anion Cation Anion Cation Anion

Neutral Ionic Compound Neutral Ionic Compound Neutral Ionic Compound

Cation Anion Cation Anion Cation Anion

Neutral Ionic Compound Neutral Ionic Compound Neutral Ionic Compound

Cation Anion Cation Anion Cation Anion

Neutral Ionic Compound Neutral Ionic Compound Neutral Ionic Compound

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Cation Anion Cation Anion Cation Anion

Neutral Ionic Compound Neutral Ionic Compound Neutral Ionic Compound

Cation Anion Cation Anion Cation Anion

Neutral Ionic Compound Neutral Ionic Compound Neutral Ionic Compound

Cation Anion Cation Anion Cation Anion

Neutral Ionic Compound Neutral Ionic Compound Neutral Ionic Compound

Cation Anion Cation Anion Cation Anion

Neutral Ionic Compound Neutral Ionic Compound Neutral Ionic Compound

Cation Anion Cation Anion Cation Anion

Neutral Ionic Compound Neutral Ionic Compound Neutral Ionic Compound

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Ion Dice Formula Writing Answer Key
Name: _____________________________Pd:____

Introductory Reading: Circle the correct word to complete each sentence below.
Ionic compounds are held together by [ ionic / covalent ] bonds. An ionic bond holds together two
oppositely charged [ ions / atoms ].The positive ion is called the [ cation / anion ]. The negative ion is called
the [ cation / anion ]. The superscript charge represents the number of [ electrons / elements ] gained or
lost. The subscript number represents the [ charge / quantity ] of elements in a formula. Ionic compounds
are made of a ratio of ions so that the overall charge is [ charged / neutral ].
Sample answers shown below.

Cation Anion Cation Anion Cation Anion

Na+ S2- Ca2+ SO42- Fe2+ N3-

Neutral Ionic Compound Neutral Ionic Compound Neutral Ionic Compound

Na2S CaSO4 Fe3N2

2+ 2- 2+ 2- +6 -6
0✓ 0✓ 0✓

Cation Anion Cation Anion Cation Anion

Neutral Ionic Compound Neutral Ionic Compound Neutral Ionic Compound

Cation Anion Cation Anion Cation Anion

Neutral Ionic Compound Neutral Ionic Compound Neutral Ionic Compound

Cation Anion Cation Anion Cation Anion

Neutral Ionic Compound Neutral Ionic Compound Neutral Ionic Compound

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