![]() Plus, if you create visual mnemonics – like the kinds you’re going to learn about in this article – to remember those rules, they can really cut down on the amount of work you need to do. Now, I’m not going to stand here and tell you not to use these techniques, because, in reality, they can be really helpful in teaching you to convert the ions yourself. Here’s the thing: If you look at a lot of the videos, tips, and advice all over the web, it all offers you either a simple mnemonic about Nick The Baby Camel – which only helps you learn a few of the polyatomic ions, or another complicated schema for converting from the “ate” polyatomic ions to the other ones.įor example, if you add “per” to the front, you add one more oxygen to the “ate” form, or if you convert “ate” to “ite”, you have one LESS oxygen ion, and so on and so forth. After all, I spend my time speaking, writing books, and teaching online courses about memory and learning… what do I care about chemical formulas?įortunately, with the right system for learning and memorizing them quickly and easily – that actually doesn’t even matter – and as you’ll find out, my complete novice status as a chemist didn’t stop me from being able to quickly and easily memorize the polyatomic ions in a lasting and memorable way. As a sociology major turned entrepreneur, I don’t even fully understand what the polyatomic ions are all about or why they matter. In fact, it’s so hard that 50% of the Wikipedia page for “polyatomic ions” is comprised of tips on how to memorize these confusing formulas! I bet you’ve never seen that before.Īs an online instructor in accelerated learning, with over 150,000 students in every field of study imaginable, I get asked a LOT: Jonathan, how can I memorize scientific or mathematical formulas? But look, I’m not even going to lie. Let’s face it, memorizing the polyatomic ions – or any other chemical formula – is hard. But in this article, I’m going to show you how I, a sociology major with no aptitude towards science whatsoever, can memorize them easily and quickly using 3 simple steps… and by the end of this article, you’ll have a neuroscientifically proven method for memorizing anything your teachers can throw at you. Heck, you’re probably reading this the night before a major exam – just trying to figure out how to hack it. ![]() If you’re in the sciences, then, chances are, memorizing the polyatomic ions will be one of the more challenging memory tasks you will face during your academic career.
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