Instructional Video

Beginner's Guide - Balancing Equations

Curated and Reviewed by Lesson Planet

Using impactful visuals and chemical equations, this video describes how to balance chemical equations. It uses examples that are common to the classroom such as methane burning in a Bunsen burner. 

3 Views 4 Downloads
Additional Tags
Instructional Ideas
  • Create additional practice problems
Classroom Considerations
  • Requires prior knowledge of coefficients
  • Lesson best fits as the introduction or a review for struggling students, as it only covers the easiest problems
  • Video is the eighth in a series of 14
Pros
  • Includes closed captioning in English, French, and Arabic
  • Provides two ways to visualize the equations and walks through solving some sample problems
Cons
  • None