Sophia Learning
Sophia: Balancing Chemical Equations: Lesson 6
This lesson will explain how to balance a chemical reaction. It is 6 of 6 in the series titled "Balancing Chemical Equations."
Ohio State University
Betha Chemistry Tutorial
This site resource offers tutorials on the gas laws, balancing chemical equations, and quantum mechanics.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Conservation of Mass in Chemical Reactions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explains Law of conservation of mass and why chemical equations must be balanced.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Chemical Equations
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following online tutorial students will describe chemical reactions using word equations and know the correct symbols to use in order to write skeleton...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Hydrogen Oxygen Reaction Lab
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...
Clackamas Community College
Clackamas Community College: Single Replacement Reactions
A very useful site that includes examples of replacement reactions as well as exercises for practicing balancing replacement reactions.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Reactions!
Young scholars use colored marshmallows (representing atoms) to construct compounds and arrange them into a balanced chemical equation.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Mole Ratios
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students will learn how to calculate and account for the amounts of reactants and products in a given chemical reaction.
Chiral Publishing
Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Oxidation Reduction Reactions [Pdf]
Read about how oxidation-reductions affect our everyday lives. View how atoms, molecules, and ions are reduced during the oxidation-reduction process. Learn how some of the normal chemical reactions in the body can change DNA. Use the...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Chemical Equation: Balancing
Use this narrated tutorial to help understand how to balance a chemical equation using coefficients and leaving formula subscripts unchanged. [9:35]
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Chemical Equations
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] An overview of chemical equations.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Chemical Changes: Reacting an Acid and Base
In this chemistry lab, students will investigate chemical changes that occur when acids and bases react. It is meant to introduce the concepts of chemical changes, gases have mass, conservation of mass, and balancing equations. Students...
Chem Tutor
Chem Tutor: Single Replacement Reactions
Information and examples on single and double replacement reactions, also called single displacement, single substitution, or activity replacement and double displacement, or metathesis. Practice problems with answers are available.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Plix Series: Endothermic Reactions: Combustion Reactions
[Free Registration/Login Required] Use the water and carbon dioxide molecules to balance the combustion reactions, label them, and then answer one challenge about the topic.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Lab: Conservation of Mass
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.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: In and Out Reactor
Students learn about material balances, a fundamental concept of chemical engineering. They use stoichiometry to predict the mass of carbon dioxide that escapes after reacting measured quantities of sodium bicarbonate with dilute acetic...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Mole Ratios
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online tutorial students will relate balanced chemical equations to everyday analogies, such as a recipe. They will also define stoichiometry and use mole...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Chemistry: Electrochemistry
In this module students learn more about oxidation-reductions and how to balance these reactions and perform stoichiometric calculations on these specific reactions. Students also explore electrolysis, galvanic cells, reduction...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Double Replacement Reactions
Definition and examples of double replacement reactions. Predicting and balancing neutralization and precipitation reactions.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Stoichiometric Calculations
[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...
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Balanced Photosynthesis Equation
Explains how to balance the equation for the chemical reaction that takes place in chloroplasts during photosynthesis.
Other
Fun Based Learning: Chemistry: Classic Chembalancer
An exercise for students to practice balancing equations. Exercise gives one equation per page and after the students complete the problem it tells them whether their answer is correct or not. A good basic practice for students who need...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Eye Dropper Rockets
Students balance and identify the types of chemical reactions, and then using the reaction knowledge, they make eye dropper rockets to shoot across the lab room with the ultimate goal of making it go the farthest.
Virginia Tech
Types of Equations
After learning about and reviewing the types of chemical equations and rules for balancing, students can practice balancing equations on interactive quizzes.