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ERIC Number: EJ999979
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Oct
Pages: 6
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8555
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All Things Being Equal
Putti, Alice
Science Teacher, v79 n7 p58-63 Oct 2012
This guided inquiry activity was developed to help students "view" an equilibrium system from the particulate level and make connections to their macroscopic observations. Part I helps students observe a physical equilibrium system in which water is transferred between two larger containers. In Part II, students examine what happens to a chemical equilibrium system when various "stresses" are applied. In Part III, the chemical system from Part II is examined using bingo-type chips to represent the reactants and products. This should help students visualize what happens to the reactant and product species in an equilibrium system when a stress is applied. Students use the equilibrium constant (K[subscript eq]) to determine whether a reaction is at equilibrium. Then, by adding or removing "particles," students determine whether more reactants or products than before are made as a result of the changes. This article focuses on a portion of Part III of the activity. (Contains 3 figures and 1 online resource.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education
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Language: English
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