 In an earlier chapter, you learned about S orbitals and P orbitals, and if you have two electrons in the S and six in the P, that gives you a total of eight electrons. So if we have an atom and eight electrons to be shared around that atom to satisfy its octet rule, we're going to use a toothpick to represent a bond, which is two electrons. What I'd like you to do is to take your styrofoam ball or gum drop or whatever you have that's round and four toothpicks and place them equal distance apart.