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  Stoichiometry, Balancing Equations, Limiting Reactant, Percent Yield | High School

  Lesson Plan: A Scaffold Approach to Teaching Stoichiometry Mark as Favorite (0 Favorites)

  In this lesson, students will learn the basics of stoichiometry including determining the amount of reactant needed or product produced, determining the limiting reactant and finally determining percent yield. Additionally they will design their own stoichiometry lab and interpret their collected results.

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  Stoichiometry, Balancing Equations, Limiting Reactant | High School

  Activity: Farfalle Stoichiometry Mark as Favorite (4 Favorites)

  In this activity, students will use a hands-on manipulative (pasta) to represent the stoichiometric relationships in a compound and in a balanced equation. They will determine the limiting reactant for a given amount of two reactants and they will identify the excess reactant. In the extension exercise, students will balance the equations that are used in the production of ammonia, a common chemical fertilizer.

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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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  Ionic Bonding, Covalent Bonding, Molecular Formula, Naming Compounds, Stoichiometry, Limiting Reactant, Classification of Reactions | High School

  Activity: Isn't it Ionic Mark as Favorite (17 Favorites)

  In this activity students will form ionic compounds and covalent compounds using clues and questions. Students are going to then develop their own stoichiometric problems and have other groups attempt to solve it.

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  Acid Base Reactions, Stoichiometry, Limiting Reactant | High School

  Lab: Fizzy Drink Mark as Favorite (24 Favorites)

  In this lab, students will learn the properties of acid and bases while applying the principles of stoichiometry to calculate the amount of base needed to neutralize an acid completely and produce a bubbly drink.

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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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  Limiting Reactant, Dimensional Analysis | High School

  Lesson Plan: Map to Solving Limiting Reactant Problems Mark as Favorite (12 Favorites)

  In this lesson, students will learn how to follow a step-by-step problem solving method for limiting reactant stoichiometry problems. This method can be particularly beneficial for students who struggle with completing these calculations.

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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 | High School

  Lab: Limiting Reactants in Brownies Mark as Favorite (4 Favorites)

  In this lesson, students will investigate the idea of limiting reactant using a brownie recipe.

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  Limiting Reactant, Percent Yield | High School

  Lab: Limiting Reactant Lab Mark as Favorite (17 Favorites)

  In this lab, students react copper(II) chloride with aluminum to determine the limiting reactant. They then isolate one product to determine their percent yield.

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  Limiting Reactant | High School

  Lab: Limiting Reactant in a Balloon Mark as Favorite (12 Favorites)

  In this lab, students perform a reaction between acetic acid and sodium bicarbonate and determine the amount of product formed and the limiting reactant.

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  Limiting Reactant | High School

  Lab: Limiting Reactant Candy Mark as Favorite (6 Favorites)

  In this lab, students will understand what is meant by the term, "limiting reactant" and be able to identify the limiting reactant in a non-chemistry situation.

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  Limiting Reactant, Balancing Equations, Stoichiometry, Observations | High School

  Lesson Plan: Limiting Reactant Mark as Favorite (8 Favorites)

  This lesson is intended to be used as an introduction to the concept of limiting reactants.

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  Limiting Reactant, Percent Yield | High School

  Lab: White Lab Mark as Favorite (10 Favorites)

  In this lab, students use molarity concepts to review limiting reactant concepts mathematically, conceptually, and graphically. They can then carry out a follow up investigation to identify an unknown using concepts learned in the first investigation.

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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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  Calorimetry, Exothermic & Endothermic, Temperature, Stoichiometry, Limiting Reactant, Chemical Change, Molarity | High School

  Lab: Less Than Zero Mark as Favorite (6 Favorites)

  In this lab, students will investigate the endothermic reaction between baking soda and HCl. Students will consider stoichiometric ratios, molar concentrations, reaction scale, and calorimetry. The lab starts with a scripted reaction that uses given molar ratios, a glass beaker, and 2-M HCl. They will witness a temperature drop of about 5 to 8 C. Students then adjust the experiment so they can achieve a temperature drop of more than 20 C.

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  Combustion, Limiting Reactant, Catalysts, Gas Laws, Stoichiometry, Activation Energy, Enthalpy, Energy Diagrams, Experimental design | High School

  Lab: Launching Rockets Mark as Favorite (35 Favorites)

  In this lab, students create a stoichiometric mixture of hydrogen and oxygen gases to launch a soda bottle rocket.

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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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  Limiting Reactant, Stoichiometry, Balancing Equations, Mole Concept, Dimensional Analysis | High School

  Activity: Sweet Stoichiometry Reactions Mark as Favorite (10 Favorites)

  In this activity, students will use candy to investigate stoichiometry and mole-gram relationships in chemical equations, but could also be used to introduce the concept of limiting reactants.

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  Balancing Equations, Limiting Reactant | High School

  Activity: S'more Stoichiometry Mark as Favorite (13 Favorites)

  In this activity, students determine the number of graham crackers and chocolate pieces required to complete a “reaction” with a given quantity of marshmallows (the limiting reactant). They then use the same thought process with a problem involving a real chemical reaction.

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  Chemical Change, Limiting Reactant, Classification of Reactions, Percent Yield, Stoichiometry, Concentration, Molarity, Mole Concept, Dimensional Analysis | High School

  Demonstration: First Day Review Mark as Favorite (6 Favorites)

  In this demonstration, students see evidence of a chemical reaction.

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  Limiting Reactant, Concentration, Net Ionic Equation, Stoichiometry, Balancing Equations, Precipitate, Mole Concept, Dimensional Analysis | High School

  Lab: Finding CO₂ Mass in your Breath Mark as Favorite (10 Favorites)

  In this lab, students will measure how much carbon dioxide they exhale by reacting their exhaled breath with lime water (calcium hydroxide).

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  Percent Yield, Limiting Reactant | High School

  Activity: Cookie Stoichiometry Mark as Favorite (5 Favorites)

  In this activity, students use a chocolate chip cookie recipe to answer questions related to stoichiometry, percent yield, and limiting reactants.

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  Limiting Reactant, Acid Base Reactions | High School

  Lab: Acid/Base Stoichiometry Mark as Favorite (3 Favorites)

  In this lab, students experience a limiting reactant and can physically see the difference in amounts of product generated. They also see which reactant is in excess.