Why do students mix up cations and anions? It turns out that if you start super simple, it will make more sense to students. Students need to learn cations are positive. And that anions are negative. Theeeeennnnn, jump into why cations are cations and why anions are anions.

Giving students the why too soon will confuse them.

Here's the blank periodic table and cation worksheet I referenced in the podcast.

You can see all the cation and anion images I was referencing in this blog link.

Cation Anion Doodle Notes

Periodic Table Doodle Notes