What happened to the woman who was stopped for having sodium chloride and a nine-volt in her car? She was arrested for a salt and battery! Here's a video that explains how combining an acid with a metal produces a salt and water and utilizes many examples through chemical equations. 

Concepts

acids, metals, chemical reactions, chemical equations, indicators, salt, water

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science

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Instructional Ideas

• Perform some of the reactions mentioned in the video
• Create more practice problems to help cement understanding

Classroom Considerations

• Requires prior knowledge of chemical reactions, chemical equations, and proper notation of both
• Video is the 10th in a series of 21

Pros

• Video works well in a flipped classroom where they watch at home and then perform the reactions in class
• Includes the importance of universal indicators for knowing when the reaction is complete

Cons

• None