Every great chemistry teacher has a stoichiometry toolbox full of lessons designed to chisel away at misconceptions and confusion. It's time to make room for something new! Incorporate a brief but detailed video that walks junior chemists through the basic calculations and thought processes critical for stoichiometric success. Learners discover terms, components, and equations that lie at the foundation of the topic.

Concepts

balancing chemical equations, conversion factors, dimensional analysis, coefficients, stoichiometry, chemical equations, atoms, moles, molecules

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Pause the video to check for understanding and allow students to work problems on their own
• Create a homework assignment that charges the class with the task of making their own analogies similar to the tricycle and cookie recipe scenarios in the video

Classroom Considerations

• The video is designed for beginners in the study of stoichiometry

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• The narrator uses simple analogies to help pupils relate to the concept of molar coefficients in a balanced chemical equation
• Illustrates and explains the steps of each calculation 

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2