PhET
Balancing Chemical Equations
Just like the old saying goes, "What goes in must come out." This simulation allows pupils to balance chemical equations. The introduction gives three examples before scholars switch to game mode, pick their level, and continue to...
CK-12 Foundation
Balancing Equations
Make the microscopic world of chemical reactions come to life. An engaging video demonstrates a methane-oxygen reaction. Learners see the reaction take place and observe the chemical equation being balanced.
CK-12 Foundation
Hotpack - Coldpack
Chemistry can help athletes and others protect and treat injuries. Use the interactive activity to explore the chemical reactions in instant hot and coldpacks. Learners manipulate the type of salt in the pack and watch the reaction take...
Concord Consortium
Stoichiometry and Balancing Equations
Is your stoichiometry lesson plan just not adding up? Incorporate an exciting interactive to balance things out! Chemistry scholars manipulate the number of molecules added to the reaction vessel, then observe as bonds form and break as...
CK-12 Foundation
Crash
Explore the chemistry behind the airbags that keep you safe in a collision. Using a simulation, your classes find the best gas to use to inflate an airbag. The simulation shows the time it takes to inflate to a maximum volume....
PhET
Reactants, Products and Leftovers
Did you know when you mix the reactants sulfur, tungsten, and silver, you get the products SWAg? The simulation begins with making sandwiches, to show pupils reactants and products of something familiar. They then can make water,...
Curated OER
Balancing Equations Online
In this balancing equations instructional activity, students use an on line source to answer questions about balanced equations and they write balanced equations for various types of reactions. They balance equations using an on line...
Royal Society of Chemistry
Extraction of Copper
Is copper found as a raw material? Science sleuths manipulate the reactants and products found in the copper extraction process in a series of fun puzzles. The interactive engages learners in pairing formulas with their names while using...
Royal Society of Chemistry
Sodium Halide Reactions with Conc. H2SO4
What do you get when you combine precipitate reactions with puzzles? Maximize the engagement in a single replacement reactions lesson by incorporating fun puzzles. Chemistry scholars observe the reaction between several sodium halides...
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Balancing Chemical Equations
How does one know if a chemical equation is balanced? What can be changed to balance an equation? Play a game to test ideas!
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Chemistry Simulation: Balancing Chemical Equations
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn the basics of chemical equations by watching methane bubbles light on fire. Practice balancing chemical equations.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Chemical Reactions
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...
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: Balancing Chemical Equations
Match the balanced chemical equations with the appropriate compound abbreviations.
California State University
Cal State, Dominguez Hills: Balancing Chemical Reactions
An interactive tutorial on balancing equations.
Other
Widener University: Balancing Chemical Reactions
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...
Chiral Publishing
Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Balancing Chemical Equations
Learn how to balance equations with this fun, animated exercise. Add in the correct coefficients to get the right answers.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Plix: Balancing Chemical Reactions
[Free Registration/Login Required] Demonstrate a normal chemical reaction by dragging atoms from the products to create the reactants in this chemical equation.
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Jefferson Lab: Balancing Act!
The computer will give you a number of incomplete chemical equations. Balance the chemical equations by selecting coefficients from the pull-down menus. Once you think the equation is balanced, press the 'Check my answer!' button.
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...