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.
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Trish Loeblein | HS UG-Intro MS K-5 |
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Trish Loeblein | MS UG-Intro HS |
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Timothy Herzog, Yuen-ying Carpenter | UG-Intro | Guided HW Remote |
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
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| Balancing Chemical Equations - Clicker Questions |
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Yuen-ying Carpenter, Robert Parson, Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro | MC | Chemistry |
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Elyse Zimmer | HS | Lab | Chemistry | |
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Trish Loeblein updated by Diana López | MS HS |
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Sarah Borenstein | MS | Other | Biology Physics Chemistry Earth Science |
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Julia Chamberlain | UG-Intro HS |
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| MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment | Elyse Zimmer | HS MS |
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| Balancing Chemical Equations | Christoffer Becho | HS MS |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| PREPARATORIA: Alineación de PhET con programas de la DGB México (2017) |
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Diana López | UG-Intro HS |
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Diana López | K-5 HS UG-Adv MS UG-Intro Grad |
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| Ajust equacions químiques | Miriam Pujadas | HS | HW | Chemistry | ||
| Moodle et PhetColorado | Claude Divoux | HS | Lab MC Guided |
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| Bilanciamento di reazioni chimiche___ITALIANO | Natasha Samousenko | HS MS |
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| 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 |
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| Uma proposta de interdisciplinaridade | Ana Carla Pimentel Paiva ; Francisco Régis Vieira Alves | HS MS |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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Not officially supported. Please contact phethelp@colorado.edu with troubleshooting issues.
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