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Balancing Equations Can Be Fun!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars participate in an online activity in order to master balancing equations before applying the concept to chemistry activities.
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Worksheet
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Stoichiometry Worksheet

For Students 9th - 12th
On this stoichiometry worksheet students will be balancing chemical equations. After the equations are balanced, students will be conducting calculations to solve for grams, moles, and limiting reactants.
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Lesson Plan
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Balancing Mobile Time Line

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create balancing mobiles using 5 labeled items that represent them and different time periods of their lives.
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Lesson Plan
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What Are Mixtures And Solutions?

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students explore mixtures and solutions. In this chemistry lesson plan, students will add different ingredients to jars in order to classify them as mixtures or solutions. There is also a nail balancing activity that can be done at home.
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Balancing

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students use a balance to complete subtraction problems and weigh out the items they take away. In this subtraction lesson plan, students use a pan balance and record their equations.
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Educational Gymnastics/Balancing/Stunts

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners participate in gymnastics stunts, using different parts of their body to balance.They work cooperatively with their partners on gymnastics mats to complete balancing activities.
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A Solution for Precipitation

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students predict the product of chemical reaction using the solubility rules. In this chemistry lesson, students balance ionic equation. They perform a lab to check if their predicted products are correct.
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Chemistry: Balancing Chemical Equations

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders practice balancing chemical equations. In this chemistry lesson plan, 8th graders explain why it is necessary to balance equations. They complete practice worksheets individually.
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Don’t be a Stoic about Stoichiometry

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students review balancing chemical equations. In this chemistry lesson, students calculate moles of an unknown substance based on stoichiometric relationships in the balanced equation. They cite applications of stoichiometry in the real...
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Airports

For Teachers Pre-K
Students respond to movement cues while maintaining their balance. In this movement and balance lesson, students gain understanding of general self space concepts while imagining themselves as an airplane. Students respond to high,...
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Balancing Act!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners participate in various balancing activities. In this body management lesson, students use cones, mats, ropes, and a balance beam to demonstrate balance. Learners are divided into small groups and are assigned to stations.
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Movement Sequences

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students participate in balancing and locomotor rolls. They work with a partner to see if their actions are smooth. They collaboratively create a new sequence as partners using the learned actions.
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Where in the World?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in an activity promoting them to use different balancing skills while they review/learn important facts about each of the continents.
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Walk the State Line

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice balancing activities while learning the states in the USA.
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Sorting Pond

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners practice balancing while learning the classifications of different animals
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Carnival Stations

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice tossing, catching, and balancing in a fun, theme-based setting.
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Walk The Tightrope

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work on their estimation skills while enhancing their balancing skills. They walk on a rope on the classroom floor while measuring their balance skills.
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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Applications of Statics, Including Problem Solving Strategies

For Students 11th - 12th
From a chapter on Statics and Torque in a Physics textbook. This section of the chapter discusses how statics can be applied in the real world, and strategies for solving statics problems. Includes a question, two exercises, and a...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Chemistry: Stoichiometry

For Students 9th - 10th
Through informational text, interactive practice problems, video clips, and real-world application, students are introduced to the science of Stoichiometry.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Chemical Reactions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity is designed to be used a pre-test over types of chemical reactions and balancing.
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Activity
Other

A Magic Classroom: Nail Balance Puzzle [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 8th
In this lesson, students try to balance fourteen nails on the head of one nail by outwitting gravity.
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Handout
Clackamas Community College

Clackamas Community College: Single Replacement Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
A very useful site that includes examples of replacement reactions as well as exercises for practicing balancing replacement reactions.
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Handout
MsMoney

Ms Money: Deciphering Your Bank Statement

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site explains the items that appear on a bank statement and also includes procedures for reconciling a bank statement. Click on the headings for more information. Also, explore the additional financial topics by clicking menu items.
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Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Pan Balance Expressions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Using this interactive tool, you can practice arithmetic and algebraic skills, and investigate the important concept of equivalence.