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  Chemical Change, Conservation of Mass, Balancing Equations | Middle School, High School

  Demonstration: Identifying Chemical Reactions Mark as Favorite (4 Favorites)

  In this demonstration, students observe a series of teacher led demonstrations to learn how to identify evidence that a chemical reaction has occurred, how to write a word equation to explain a chemical reaction, and how to convert a word equation to a balanced chemical equation.

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  Stoichiometry, Balancing Equations, Classification of Reactions, Conservation of Mass, Limiting Reactant, Percent Yield, Dimensional Analysis | High School

  Lesson Plan: Stoichiometry Unit Plan Mark as Favorite (19 Favorites)

  The AACT high school classroom resource library has everything you need to put together a unit plan for your classroom: lessons, activities, labs, projects, videos, simulations, and animations. We constructed a unit plan using AACT resources that is designed to teach the concepts of stoichiometry and limiting reactants to your students.

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  Balancing Equations, Conservation of Mass, Chemical Change, Combustion, Reversible Reactions, Classification of Reactions | High School

  Lesson Plan: Chemical Equations Unit Plan Mark as Favorite (28 Favorites)

  The AACT high school classroom resource library has everything you need to put together a unit plan for your classroom: lessons, activities, labs, projects, videos, simulations, and animations. We constructed a unit plan using AACT resources that is designed to teach Chemical Equations to your students.

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  Balancing Equations, Conservation of Mass | Middle School, High School

  Activity: Balancing Equations with Note Cards Mark as Favorite (23 Favorites)

  In this activity, students will balance equations and get immediate feedback on whether they are accurate or not while trying to solve a challenge. This activity works best as a review activity after balancing and the law of conservation of matter has been taught.

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  Conservation of Mass, Measurements | Middle School, High School

  Lab: Mass of a Gas Mark as Favorite (9 Favorites)

  In this lab, students will perform a simple chemical reaction in a closed system to produce a small amount of gas. They will collect mass measurements for the reactants and the products in order to demonstrate the conservation of mass during the reaction. They will also release the produced gas from the closed system in order to verify that gasses have mass.

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  Balancing Equations, Conservation of Mass | Middle School, High School

  Activity: Balancing Legos Mark as Favorite (21 Favorites)

  In this activity students use Legos to model the reactants and products in a chemical reaction. They use these “atoms” and “molecules” to balance the chemical reaction in order to demonstrate the law of conservation of matter.

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  Balancing Equations, Conservation of Mass, Molecular Formula | Middle School, High School

  Lesson Plan: Counting Atoms & Balancing Equations Mark as Favorite (36 Favorites)

  In this lesson, students will learn how to count atoms and how to balance chemical equations using videos, simulations and games.

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  Balancing Equations, Conservation of Mass, Photosynthesis | Middle School

  Activity: Achieving a Photosynthetic Balance Mark as Favorite (1 Favorite)

  In this activity, students will use candies to model the rearrangement of atoms from reactant to products during photosynthesis.

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  Chemical Change, Conservation of Mass, Chemical Change, Physical Change | Middle School, High School

  Lab: Chemistry in a Bag Mark as Favorite (42 Favorites)

  In this lab, students will observe and identify chemical and physical changes contained inside a plastic bag. Students will also use this lab to understand the Law of Conservation of Mass.

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  Limiting Reactant, Chemical Change, Conservation of Mass | High School

  Demonstration: Understanding Limiting Reactants Mark as Favorite (11 Favorites)

  In this demonstration, the teacher will perform a series of reactions between acetic acid (vinegar) and varying amounts of sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) in order to inflate several balloons. Students will observe the reactions and analyze the quantities of reactants used as well as the results in order to understand the concept of limiting reactants.

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  Conservation of Mass, Chemical Change | Middle School, High School

  Project: Law of Conservation of Mass Comic Strip Mark as Favorite (6 Favorites)

  In this project, students will work in groups to create a comic strip that illustrates understanding of the law of conservation of mass.

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  Limiting Reactant, Conservation of Mass, Stoichiometry, Mole Concept | High School

  Animation: Limiting Reactant Animation Mark as Favorite (21 Favorites)

  In this animation, students will visualize on the particulate level what happens in a limiting reactant problem. A number of limiting reactant scenarios are animated, including a simple example of how to build a bike to introduce the concept of limiting reactant. Conservation of mass is also demonstrated by calculating masses from the mole quantities of the reactants and products. **This video has no audio**

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  Limiting Reactant, Balancing Equations, Stoichiometry, Conservation of Mass | High School

  Activity: Limiting Reactants using Particulate Diagrams Mark as Favorite (13 Favorites)

  In this activity, students will gain practice drawing particulate diagrams to demonstrate stoichiometry and limiting reactants.

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  Conservation of Mass, Exothermic & Endothermic | High School, Middle School

  Lab: Kitchen Reaction Mark as Favorite (6 Favorites)

  In this lab students will observe an endothermic chemical reaction involving baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) and vinegar (acetic acid). Students will investigate the signs a chemical reaction has occurred (gas production, change in temperature). Students will perform the lab in an open system so they can see the change of mass due to gas production. This lab is a lead into the topic of conservation of mass. After the lab is completed, the teacher should do a demonstration of the exothermic reaction Hydrogen peroxide and potassium iodide.

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  Conservation of Mass, Balancing Equations, Limiting Reactant, Introduction, Conservation of Mass | Middle School, High School

  Activity: Kinesthetic Reactions Mark as Favorite (2 Favorites)

  In this lesson students, through their physical movement, will model the law of conservation of mass during a chemical reaction. Students will also explore the concepts of limiting and excess reactants as well as balancing a chemical equation. Through this activity they also develop a means of representing particles at the molecular level.

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  Limiting Reactant, Chemical Change, Conservation of Mass | High School

  Demonstration: Introducing Limiting Reactants Mark as Favorite (3 Favorites)

  In this demonstration, the teacher will perform a series of reactions between acetic acid--vinegar-- and varying amounts of sodium bicarbonate --baking soda--in order to inflate several Ziploc bags. Students will observe the reactions and analyze the quantities of reactants used as well as the results in order to understand the concept of limiting reactants. Students will also determine if the reaction is an endothermic or exothermic process based on their observations.

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  Photosynthesis, Conservation of Mass, Balancing Equations, Chemical Change, Reversible Reactions, Molecular Formula, Interdisciplinary, Chemical Change, Conservation of Mass | Middle School

  Lesson Plan: The Building Blocks of Photosynthesis Mark as Favorite (0 Favorites)

  In this lesson, students will use colored blocks to represent the elements in photosynthesis and illustrate how they are broken down and reassembled to create glucose.

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  Conservation of Mass, Renewable Energy | High School

  Lab: Soap or Fuel? Mark as Favorite (5 Favorites)

  In this lab, students will transform vegetable oil into a soft soap and into biodiesel fuel. The two reactions emphasize that the products of a chemical reaction are under the control of the chemist. By noting the relationship of the reaction product to the reactants, students will gain a deeper understanding of the law of conservation of matter.

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  Conservation of Mass | High School

  Lab: Reactions of Copper Mark as Favorite (2 Favorites)

  In this lab, students will convert copper metal into different copper compounds and then back to copper to illustrate conservation of matter.

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  Renewable Energy, Conservation of Mass, Chemical Change, Volume, Pressure | Middle School, High School

  Lab: Power That Stinks Mark as Favorite (6 Favorites)

  In this lab, students will experiment with creating and capturing biogas, and have an opportunity to look at how energy is created from waste. They will explore the differences between non-renewable and renewable energy sources.

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  Classification of Reactions, Balancing Equations, Chemical Change, Conservation of Mass, Observations | High School

  Lab: Classifying Reaction Types Mark as Favorite (44 Favorites)

  In this lesson, students will carry out various reactions and classify the reaction types.

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  Conservation of Mass, Matter | High School

  Lab: Matter Matters Mark as Favorite (3 Favorites)

  In this lesson, students will investigate the Law of Conservation of Mass.

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  Conservation of Mass, Measurements, Conservation of Mass | High School, Middle School

  Lab: Mass & Change Mark as Favorite (5 Favorites)

  In this lab, students will use unified particle pictures of solid, liquid, and gas to explain the law of conservation of mass after carrying out various experiments.

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  Balancing Equations, Conservation of Mass

  Simulation: Balancing Chemical Equations Mark as Favorite (0 Favorites)

  The simulation for the September 2014 issue comes from PhET and helps students practice balancing chemical equations. AACT helped fund the conversion of this popular simulation into a format that is compatible with all devices, including iPads. PhET provides teacher’s guides for many of their simulations, and teacher-generated activities that can accompany the simulations.

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  Balancing Equations, Conservation of Mass | Middle School, High School

  Activity: Simulation Activity: Balancing Chemical Equations Mark as Favorite (18 Favorites)

  In this activity, students will learn how to count atoms and how to balance chemical equations using a simulation and games from PhET Interactive Simulations.