Balancing Chemical Equations
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Topics
- Chemical Equations
- Conservation of Mass
Description
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!
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.
Teacher Tips
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Overview of sim controls, model simplifications, and insights into student thinking ( PDF ). |
Video Primer
Teacher-Submitted Activities
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Trish Loeblein | HS UG-Intro MS K-5 |
Remote HW |
Chemistry Mathematics Physics |
Balancing Chemical Equations - Inquiry based Introduction |
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Trish Loeblein | MS UG-Intro HS |
MC Remote Lab HW |
Chemistry |
Balancing Chemical Equations - Guided Inquiry Activity |
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Timothy Herzog, Yuen-ying Carpenter | UG-Intro | Guided HW Remote |
Chemistry |
Concept questions for Physics using PhET (Inquiry Based) |
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
MC | Physics |
Balancing Chemical Equations - Clicker Questions |
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Yuen-ying Carpenter, Robert Parson, Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro | MC | Chemistry |
Balancing Chemical Equations HTML5 |
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Elyse Zimmer | HS | Lab | Chemistry | |
Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS |
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Trish Loeblein updated by Diana López | MS HS |
Other | Chemistry Biology Earth Science Physics |
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How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? |
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Sarah Borenstein | MS | Other | Biology Physics Chemistry Earth Science |
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PhET Sims Aligned to the Chemistry Curriculum |
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Julia Chamberlain | UG-Intro HS |
Other | Chemistry | |
MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment | Elyse Zimmer | HS MS |
Other | Biology Physics Chemistry |
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Balancing Chemical Equations | Christoffer Becho | HS MS |
Guided | Chemistry | ||
Balancing Chemical Reactions Game | Jeff Drach | HS | Other | Chemistry | ||
Explore Balancing Chemical Equations | Patricia Garcia | MS | Guided | Chemistry | ||
Student Guide for PhET - Balancing Chemical Equations in html5 | Brian Libby | HS MS |
HW Guided |
Chemistry | ||
Balancing Equations PhET | Kristine McDaniel | HS | Guided | Chemistry | ||
High School Chemistry 1 level Balancing Equations | laura peck | HS | Lab | Chemistry | ||
Balancing Chemical Equations Inquiry Lab | Tony Tracy | HS | Lab | Chemistry | ||
SECUNDARIA: Alineación PhET con programas de la SEP México (2011 y 2017) |
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Diana López | MS HS |
Other | Mathematics Physics Biology Chemistry |
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PREPARATORIA: Alineación de PhET con programas de la DGB México (2017) |
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Diana López | UG-Intro HS |
Other | Chemistry Physics Mathematics |
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Preguntas de razonamiento para todas las simulaciones HTML5 |
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Diana López | K-5 HS UG-Adv MS UG-Intro Grad |
HW Discuss |
Mathematics Astronomy Physics Chemistry |
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Ajust equacions químiques | Miriam Pujadas | HS | HW | Chemistry | ||
Moodle et PhetColorado | Claude Divoux | HS | Lab MC Guided |
Physics Chemistry |
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Bilanciamento di reazioni chimiche___ITALIANO | Natasha Samousenko | HS MS |
Lab | Chemistry | ||
Atividade sobre o balanceamento de equações químicas a partir da Lei de Lavoisier | Carina Maria Rodrigues Lima, Maria Cleide da Silva Barroso | HS | Demo Guided HW |
Chemistry | ||
Uma proposta de interdisciplinaridade | Ana Carla Pimentel Paiva ; Francisco Régis Vieira Alves | HS MS |
Guided | Mathematics Chemistry |
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Roteiro para Estudo sobre Balanceamento de Equações Químicas, Utilizando o Simulado. | Antônia Clarycy Barros Nojosa e Caroline de Goes Sampaio | HS | Guided | Chemistry | ||
Balanceamento de equações químicas | Victor Augusto Bianchetti Rodrigues | HS | Guided | Chemistry | ||
Balanceamento, Leis Ponderais e Modelo de Dalton | DANILO JOSE F PINTO | HS | Guided HW Lab |
Chemistry | ||
Actividad Balanceando Ecuaciones Químicas | Mary Rivas | HS | Guided | Chemistry | ||
Balanceo de ecuaciones químicas por tanteo | andis pacheco | MS | HW | Chemistry | ||
Guía Balanceo de ecuaciones químicas | Andrea Ortega Fernández | MS | Guided | Chemistry | ||
Balanceando Ecuaciones | Elvis Rivera | HS | Lab | Chemistry | ||
Rätta Kemiska Ekvationer - steg för steg | Timothy Herzog, Yuen-ying Carpenter; translated by Sofia Borg | HS MS |
Lab | Chemistry |
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HTML5 sims can run on iPads and Chromebooks, as well as PC, Mac, and Linux systems.
iPad:
iOS 12+ Safari
iPad compatible sims
Android:
Not officially supported. If you are using the HTML5 sims on Android, we recommend using the latest version of Google Chrome.
Chromebook:
Latest version of Google Chrome
The HTML5 and Flash PhET sims are supported on all Chromebooks.
Chromebook compatible sims
Windows Systems:
Microsoft Edge, latest version of Firefox, latest version of Google Chrome.
Macintosh Systems:
macOS 10.13+, Safari 13+, latest version of Chrome.
Linux Systems:
Not officially supported. Please contact phethelp@colorado.edu with troubleshooting issues.
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