Balancing Chemical Equations
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About
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.
For Teachers
Teacher Tips
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Overview of sim controls, model simplifications, and insights into student thinking ( PDF ). |
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Teacher-Submitted Activities
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| Balancing Chemical Equations - Guided Inquiry Activity |
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Timothy Herzog, Yuen-ying Carpenter | UG-Intro | Guided |
| Balancing Chemical Equations - Clicker Questions |
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Yuen-ying Carpenter, Robert Parson, Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro | MC |
| Balancing Chemical Equations HTML5 |
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Elyse Zimmer | HS | Lab | |
| PhET Sims Aligned to the Chemistry Curriculum |
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Julia Chamberlain | UG-Intro HS |
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| How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? |
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Sarah Borenstein | MS | Other | |
| Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS |
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Trish Loeblein | HS | Other | |
| MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment | Elyse Zimmer | HS MS |
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| Balancing Equations PhET | Kristine McDaniel | HS | Guided | ||
| High School Chemistry 1 level Balancing Equations | laura peck | HS | Lab | ||
| Balancing Chemical Equations Inquiry Lab | Tony Tracy | HS | Lab | ||
| Guía de consejos para docentes: balanceando ecuaciones químicas | Adriana Chisco | Other | Other | ||
| Rätta Kemiska Ekvationer - steg för steg | Timothy Herzog, Yuen-ying Carpenter; translated by Sofia Borg | MS HS |
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Translations
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| Chinese (Traditional) | All 中文 (台灣) |
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Balancing Chemical Equations_平衡化學方程式 | ||
| Danish | All Dansk |
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Afstemning af kemiske ligninger | ||
| Dutch | All Nederlands |
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Reactievergelijkingen doen kloppen | ||
| Finnish | All suomi |
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Reaktioyhtälöiden tasapainottaminen | ||
| French | All français |
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Equilibrer les équations chimiques | ||
| German | All Deutsch |
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Reaktionsgleichungen ausgleichen | ||
| Hungarian | All magyar |
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Kémiai egyenletek rendezése | ||
| Italian | All italiano |
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Bilanciamento di reazioni chimiche | ||
| Korean | All 한국어 |
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화학반응식 완결하기 | ||
| Latvian | All Latviešu |
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Ķīmisko reakciju vienādojumi | ||
| Norwegian Bokmal | All Norsk bokmål |
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Balanser kjemiske ligninger | ||
| Polish | All polski |
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Bilansowanie Równań Chemicznych | ||
| Portuguese (Brazil) | All português (Brasil) |
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Balanceamento de Equações Químicas | ||
| Slovak | All Slovenčina |
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Chemická rovnováha | ||
| Spanish (Peru) | All español (Perú) |
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Balanceando Ecuaciones Químicas | ||
| Swahili | All Swahili |
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Sawazisha Equation za Chemia | ||
| Thai | All ไทย |
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การดุลสมการเคมี | ||
| Vietnamese | All Tiếng Việt |
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Cân bằng phương trình phản ứng hoá học |
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Software Requirements
| Windows 7+ | Mac OS 10.7+ | iPad and iPad Mini with iOS | Chromebook with Chrome OS |
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Internet Explorer 10+ latest versions of Chrome and Firefox
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latest version of Chrome
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