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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Build a 'Breath Spray Bomb' to Study Small Explosion

For Students 9th - 10th
Hold onto your hats. In this science fair project, you will make a device that sends a film canister across the room with a small chemical explosion. The energy for the explosion is derived from the combustion of ethanol. You will...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Chemical Equations

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students explore mass relations between reactants and products for a given chemical process, and practice balancing chemical equations.
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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Balancing Chemical Equations

For Students 9th - 10th
How does one know if a chemical equation is balanced? What can be changed to balance an equation? Play a game to test ideas!
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Hydrogen Oxygen Reaction Lab

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lab exercise exposes students to a potentially new alternative energy source-hydrogen gas. Student teams are given a hydrogen generator and an oxygen generator. They balance the chemical equation for the combustion of hydrogen gas...
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Activity
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Lab: Conservation of Mass

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lab experiment shows students that mass is not gained or lost during a chemical reaction. Lab also includes a set of lab questions that requires students to balance the chemical equation for the reaction that occurs in this lab.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Chemical Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
This web-based activity gives students an opportunity to write chemical reactions, balance chemical equations, and explain what is happening during a given chemical reaction. Also addressed is the effects of concentration and temperature...
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Lesson Plan
American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Lesson Plans: Forming a Precipitate

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate the concept of a precipitate by combining two clear, colorless solutions that produce a solid.
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Lesson Plan
American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Controlling Amount of Products in a Chemical Reaction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students analyze the chemical equation for the reaction between vinegar and baking soda. They observe that the gas produced in the reaction is also part of the products of the written chemical equation.
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Handout
Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Chemical Equations and Calculations

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the "Basic Atomics" section of the Virtual Textbook, chemical equations are examined here. Equations involving ions and limiting-reactant problems are also discussed.
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Other

Widener University: Balancing Chemical Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice your balancing chemical equations skills with this interactive exercise. Students are given equations that need to be balanced. Tutorial gives immediate feedback by telling the students they are correct or incorrect. After...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Stoichiometric Calculations

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Based on the balanced chemical equation, students will calculate the masses or moles of reactants or products generated in a given reaction. They will also convert...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Biochemical Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Introduction to chemical reactions and equations.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Chemistry: Reactants and Products

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Defines reactant, product, and chemical equation.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Balancing Chemical Equations

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How to balance a chemical equation and using coefficients.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Chemical Equations

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] An overview of chemical equations.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Chemical Equation: Balancing

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this narrated tutorial to help understand how to balance a chemical equation using coefficients and leaving formula subscripts unchanged. [9:35]
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Converting From Mass to Particles Using a Balanced Chemical Equation

For Students 9th - 10th
A narrated screencast explaining how to use a balanced chemical equation to determine the number of particles of a substance given the starting mass of another substance. [4:46]
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Handout
Wyzant

Wyzant: Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
A good resource on chemical reactions, organized by topic: "Examples of chemical changes," "Chemical equations of chemical reactions," "Balancing equations," "Synthesis reactions," "Decomposition reactions," "Single replacement...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Chemical Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What happens in a chemical reaction is explained, along with how it is represented by a chemical equation. In a chemical reaction, the law of conservation of matter...
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Handout
Frostburg State University

General Chemistry Online: Chemical Change Faq

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate the answers to many commonly asked questions about chemical change. This comprehensive list will address chemical equations and double displacement reactions in addition to other topics.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Balancing Chemical Equations 1

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice balancing this chemical equation. A hint or video tutorials are available if you need help.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Balancing Chemical Equations: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain how to balance a chemical reaction. It is 3 of 6 in the series titled "Balancing Chemical Equations."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Balancing Chemical Equations: Lesson 6

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain how to balance a chemical reaction. It is 6 of 6 in the series titled "Balancing Chemical Equations."
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Chemical Reactions: Lesson 5

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces the process of writing the equation for chemical reactions. It is 5 of 9 in the series titled "Chemical Reactions."