I created this balancing equations worksheet to give my physical science students a bit more practice balancing chemical equations before our quiz. Free Download of Balancing Equations Worksheet
Chemical Reactions
We did a quick notebook page to summarize what we had learned about the effects of temperature and concentration on reaction rates from our experiments. We did the following experiments: Glow Sticks Lab, Effervescent Tablets Lab, Rust Lab, and Effect of Concentration on Reaction Rate Lab. Free Download of Reaction Rate Summary Notes
When we got back from Christmas Break, I realized that we still hadn’t done any labs to explore the effect of concentration on reaction rates. Frustrated from how our previous labs had gone, I decided to just do a whole-class demonstration so we could move on to the next skill. We worked together to create …
For our next experiment on chemical reactions in physical science, we made rust. I thought that I had learned from my mistakes with the previous effervescent tablets lab. We spent a class period designing the lab together. We wrote a hypothesis as a class. We discussed how to set up the experiment and collect …
I decided to follow up our glow stick demonstration with an effervescent tablet lab. This, sadly, did not go that well. I assumed that my students would be able to design their own experiments. My groups tried to do this, but most groups didn’t pay attention to what data they would need to collect. My …
This glow sticks reaction rate lab was one of my favorite physical science lessons of the year! To get my students thinking about the impact of temperature on reaction rate, I decided to do a demonstration with glow sticks. It turned into one of the most enjoyable lessons of my teaching career! Here’s what my …
I created this types of systems foldable to summarize the different types of systems my students would be dealing with in physical science. I brought some props from home to help us wrap our mind around the different types of systems. The cooking pot without the lid was an example of an open system. The …
I created this predicting products of chemical reactions foldable for my physical science students to glue in their interactive notebooks. After we had learned about the different types of reactions, it meant we were ready to learn to predict the products of a reaction. I created a basketball review game to review predicting products that …
I created this classifying reactions foldable for my physical science students to give them some basic classifying reactions practice. In this foldable, students are given a chemical equation which they must then classify as synthesis, combusion, decomposition, single displacement, or double displacement. We did thirteen of these classifying reactions problems together. Free Download of Classifying …
I created this types of chemical reactions foldable for my physical science students to glue in their interactive notebooks. We took a tiny break from balancing chemical equations to classify chemical equations. I created this foldable to summarize the different types of reactions: In the future, I would put synthesis and combustion on the foldable …
I created this writing and balancing chemical equations foldable for my physical science students to complete and glue in their interactive notebooks. We completed this after our basic balancing equations foldable. After we had the hang of balancing chemical equations, I had them translate the equations from words to symbols and then balance them. Free …
I created this balancing equations foldable for my physical science classes. We began our chemical reactions unit in physical science by balancing chemical equations. When I took chemistry in high school, I ADORED balancing equations. Each problem was like a mini-puzzle. And, I love puzzles! I put a circle in front of each reactant …
I created this predicting products review game to give my physical science students some much needed practice predicting the products of chemical reactions. We combined this review with a bit of basketball to make a fun review game. My physical science students have been working on predicting products of reactions. For our first day of …
Today, I want to share a poster I recently made for my physical science class. We’ve been writing chemical reactions, and my students need a bit of a reminder about which elements exist diatomically. When I took chemistry in high school, my teacher taught us the BrINClHOF mnemonic device. I guess it’s catchy because it’s …
I created this classifying types of reactions card sort activity for my physical science students. I thought I should share it with you as well! My physical science students are in the midst of their chemical reactions unit. So far, we’ve balanced chemical equations and translated equations in words to symbols (and balanced them, too). …