Pick a recipe and watch the lobes appear and spread apart. Then pick a molecule and let the count of regions of electron density name its hybrid set for you.
Pick a set above.
| Atomic orbitals in | 4 |
| Hybrid orbitals out | 4 |
| s character | 25% |
| p character | 75% |
| p orbitals left over | 0 |
| Shape of the set | tetrahedral |
| Example | CH4 |
Four regions need four hybrid orbitals, so the central atom is sp3.