<p>I'm making models of chlorate and perchlorate ions for chemistry... What sorts of materials can I use to make them? (I know about the styrofoam ball idea_</p>
<p>VEGETABLES!!! We had a project sort of like that in bio and my friend made a LAC operon out of Zucchini...it was badass.</p>
<p>Veggies can go bad. >_> I tihnk the Styrofoam balls are your best bet.</p>
<p>Yeah... I'm trying to come up with a creative idea... but I keep coming back to styrofoam balls =)</p>
<p>what sorts of things can I use to represent the bonds (pi bonds, sigma bonds)</p>
<p>^^bump that statement</p>
<p>Pretzel sticks and marshmellows</p>
<p>My best friends used grapes to help me, but they did it on the spot.
Gummy Bears
Bouncy Balls
Clay shapes?</p>
<p>You could always use clay or Crayola Model Magic. :) Circular cheese puffs and toothpicks. Or grapes..</p>
<p>Play-doh!
Use strong toothpicks/popsicle sticks for the bonds?</p>
<p>Cotton candy? That seems kind of electron cloud-ish...</p>
<p>Use balls of chocolate!</p>
<p>like those colored pom pom balls.. you know? i used that and pipe cleaners for a DNA model in 8th grade and it was so good looking... i also got a 100 =]</p>
<p>food just gets too messy and doesnt lasttt.</p>
<p>I think you should stick your entire model in a small glass-doored refrigerator and turn that in to your teacher. It would be soooooo cool. (but probably impractical)
And I still think you should make it out of chocolate. :D</p>