tips for memorization

[Karina Rodriguez 2H]

Does anyone have any tips for memorizing the VSEPR chart?

[Andrew Dao 3C]

I like just visualizing the atoms like how Dr. Lavelle used the balls and sticks in lecture, so 2 bonds - linear, 3 bonds makes a triangle, 4 bonds gives you a tetrahedral (think of a pyramid with a triangle base), 5 gives trigonal bipyramidal (two pyramids with their triangle bases the exact same plane), 6 gives octahedral (two pyramids with square bases on the same plane). 4 bonds and 1 lone pair gives a seesaw, and 4 bonds with 2 lone pairs gives you a square planar. The last one is bent (think of water molecule). I hope this helps!

[America Ramirez 3H]

I think visualizing individual examples of atoms and physically drawing them out myself has helped me.