Monthly Archives: January 2016

Stoichiometry Project

A requirement of the LAMP project was to have students complete a project related to the unit of study.  My LAMP project was completed during the stoichiometry unit, so the project I assigned involved students profiling a kind of chemical reaction of interest to them, and then performing a 5 gram mole to mole stoichiometry calculation using a balanced reaction involving that reaction.  The end product students produced was either a  poster or a brochure describing their reaction, with an illustration and the required calculations outlined.  The results were fantastic:

Bulletin board project results.
Bulletin board project results.

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Balancing Chemical Reaction Equations Using Beads

Kinesthetic activities are one of my favorite ways to engage students in their learning.  We utilized several methods in modeling the art of balancing chemical reaction equations, but one of my favorite activities was balancing reactions using beads.

Balancing equations using beads.
Balancing equations using beads.


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Stoichiometry Organizer

Stoichiometry is the heart of chemistry, but is often a challenging concept for students to grasp.  My goal was to generate an informational organizer for students to use to assemble all of the necessary pieces of information in order to successfully solve a gram to gram stoichiometry problem.  The resulting algorithm organizer was introduced to students during the stoichiometry unit:

Stoichiometry Algorithm

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