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Chembalancer

Subject Area:

Science

Address/URL:

http://www.dun.org/sulan/chembalancer/lesson.htm

Description:

Chembalancer is an on-line game developed by a 9th grade science teacher that makes balancing chemical equations challenging and fun. If your students are having difficulty understanding the principles of chemical equations, this site will definitely be of help. To help further understanding, the program draws the molecules under the equation in the number entered. Student's won't progress to the next step until their solution is correct.

How You Can Use This Source:

Learn to balance equations by playing the game, and find additional information/explanations about each reaction as a "bonus" for correct answers!Download a free (Windows) version of the program to use without a browser, or print the featured worksheets and lesson plan!If you feel the urge to write your own game, and are familiar with some DHTML, you are invited to take ideas from this page's source code.

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