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Balancing Chemical Equations
How do you know if a chemical equation is balanced? What can you change to balance an equation? Play a game to test your ideas!
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Teaching Resources
Main Topics
- Chemical Equations
Sample Learning Goals
- Balance a chemical equation.
- Recognize that the number of atoms of each element is conserved in a chemical reaction.
- Describe the difference between coefficients and subscripts in a chemical equation.
- Translate from symbolic to molecular representations of matter.
Tips for Teachers
The teacher's guide (pdf) contains tips created by the PhET team.
Teaching Ideas
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Balancing Chemical Equations - Clicker Questions
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Yuen-ying Carpenter, Robert Parson, Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro | CQs | 11/5/14 |
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Balancing Chemical Equations - Guided Inquiry Activity
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Timothy Herzog, Yuen-ying Carpenter | UG-Intro | Other | 11/5/14 |
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Balancing Equations
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Stephanie Davis | HS MS |
Lab | 9/28/11 |
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Balancing Chemical Equations
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Jackie Esler | MS | Lab | 7/30/11 |
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Balancing Chemical Equations - Inquiry based Introduction
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Trish Loeblein | HS UG-Intro |
Lab CQs HW |
7/4/13 |
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Concept Questions for Chemistry using PhET
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Trish Loeblein | HS UG-Intro MS |
CQs | 7/9/13 |
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PhET Sims Aligned to the Chemistry Curriculum
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Julia Chamberlain | UG-Intro HS |
Other | 7/15/14 |
| Balancing Reactions PhET Lab | Chris Bires | HS | Lab | 12/18/14 |
| Balancing Chemical Equations | Kristin Michalski | HS MS |
Lab | 6/2/11 |
| Leerlingformulier Reactievergelijking kloppend maken | Nikè Bon | HS | HW | 11/10/14 |
| 화학반응식 완결하기 SIM 사용지침서 | 이화국(Wha Kuk Lee) | HS UG-Intro |
Other Lab |
5/7/13 |
| Ecuaciones Químicas (Introducción) | Olimpia Eunice Martinez | UG-Intro | Lab HW |
10/15/12 |
You can submit your own ideas and activities.
Related Simulations
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| Arabic | العربية | موازنة المعادلات الكيميائية | Run Now | Download |
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| Bosnian | Bosnian | IZJEDNAČAVANJE HEMIJSKIH JEDNAČINA | Run Now | Download |
| Brazilian Portuguese | português (Brasil) | Balanceamento de Equações | Run Now | Download |
| Chinese - Simplified | 中文 (中国) | 配平化学方程式 | Run Now | Download |
| Chinese - Traditional | 中文 (台灣) | Balancing Chemical Equationn化學平衡方程式 | Run Now | Download |
| Czech | čeština | Bilanční chemické rovnice | Run Now | Download |
| Danish | Dansk | Afstemning af kemiske ligninger | Run Now | Download |
| Dutch | Nederlands | Reactievergelijkingen kloppend maken | Run Now | Download |
| Estonian | Eesti | Keemiliste võrrandite tasakaalustamine | Run Now | Download |
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| French | français | Equilibrer les équations chimiques | Run Now | Download |
| Galician | Gallegan | Axustando Ecuacións Químicas | Run Now | Download |
| Georgian | Georgian | სტექიომეტრია | Run Now | Download |
| German | Deutsch | Chemische Gleichungen ausgleichen | Run Now | Download |
| Greek | Ελληνικά | Εξισορροπώντας Χημικές Εξισώσεις | Run Now | Download |
| Hebrew | עברית | איזון משוואות כימיות | Run Now | Download |
| Hungarian | magyar | Kémiai egyenletek rendezése | Run Now | Download |
| Italian | italiano | Bilanciamento di reazioni chimiche | Run Now | Download |
| Japanese | 日本語 | 化学反応式 | Run Now | Download |
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| Marathi | Marathi | रासायनिक समिकरणे संतूलीत करणे | Run Now | Download |
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| Polish | polski | Bilansowanie Równań Chemicznych | Run Now | Download |
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| Serbian | Српски | Изједначавање хемијских једначина | Run Now | Download |
| Slovak | Slovenčina | Chemická rovnováha | Run Now | Download |
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| Spanish | español | Balanceando Ecuaciones Químicas | Run Now | Download |
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| Swedish | svenska | Balansera kemiska formler | Run Now | Download |
| Turkish | Türkçe | Kimyasal Reaksiyonları Denkleştirme | Run Now | Download |
| Turkmen | Turkmen | Himiki deňlemäni balansa getirmek | Run Now | Download |
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Software Requirements
| Windows | Macintosh | Linux |
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Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7 Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later
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OS 10.5 or later Sun Java 1.5.0_19 or later
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Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later
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Credits
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