Learning how to balance equations

Five acidic and five basic solutions are listed for your chemistry apprentices to review. For each, they must state which atom or ion is being oxidized or reduced, and then name the oxidizing or reducing agent. Finally, they balance each...

Estimating Errors in Chemistry is a detailed handout that illustrates the importance of calculating the percent error when working in the chemistry lab. There are no actual problems to solve, just notes and examples of calculations. Hand...

The process for balancing chemical equations is stepped through slide by slide in this presentation. For some strange reason, the subscripts for certain elements are not dropped down on the first slide only, so you may want to copy the...

If you love algebra, then you're gonna love this balancing method! Introduce young chemists to the algebraic method of balancing chemical equations using a video from an informative chemistry  playlist. The narrator works five...

Teaching chemical equations can be quite a balancing act! Bolster your class' balancing abilities using a video from a helpful chemistry playlist. The resource explains the theory behind balancing, then shows viewers how to accomplish it...

Examples of the scientific method in everyday life include: trial and error problem solving, making a budget, cooking, and designing an advertisement. The video explains the steps of the scientific method and two examples of it in real...

Balancing redox reactions can be tough. Show your class another approach, the oxidation number method, using a video from JFR Science. The narrator walks viewers through redox conditions, how the method differs from the popular half...

Matrices help solve systems of equations in chemistry, computer graphics, circuitry, probability, and more. The second lesson plan in a seven-part series focuses on using matrices to balance chemical equations. Pupils rely on the Law of...

Balancing chemical equations is difficult even for top learners, and oxidation-reduction reactions can be the most difficult to understand. Using the half-reaction method, the instructor demonstrates four examples. Learners can watch the...

If you need a way to assess the concepts in your physical science class, use an extended set of worksheets as a midterm or final exam. It includes questions about density, physical and chemical matter, speed and velocity, weight and...