Balancing Equations

Cookies and chemical equations have a lot in common! Using cookies as a reference, scholars learn to balance chemical equations. Pieces of the cookies represent different parts of the compounds and elements. This is the sixth installment...

Starting with 9 questions of balancing practice, the sheet continues with 36 possible combinations of compounds that can be created from the ions given.  The supplied table should be completed with those correctly written formulas.  To...

The first half of equations for twenty reactions are given and your class should be able to predict the products and write the balanced equations. The equations are split into two types; single replacement and double replacement. This...

Practice of balancing equations and identifying the reaction types is very useful. The first 20 have both sides of the equation provided, and the last 15 expect the students to complete the reaction as well as balancing.  There are no...

Study examples and create balanced equations from the word equations given. Great explanations are given to help the procedure. Explanations are followed by nine questions with space on the paper for answers. Great resource!

After practice balancing equations, there are thirty more questions where learners need to predict the end products and write the reaction type.

Although only 4 slides long, this brief presentation summarizes how to balance equations very clearly.  There is an example of how to balance equations incorrectly, followed by some rules and guidelines that show the correct method. ...

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. 

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...

Students practice balancing chemical equations using the trial and error method. In this balancing equations lesson plan, students use paper squares labeled with specific atoms to balance 5 given chemical equations.