Pogil Chemistry -

Here’s a helpful story designed to support a student (or group) working through a activity in chemistry. Title: The Case of the Unbalanced Equation

For the next twelve minutes, they argued, erased, and talked over each other. At one point, Alex got frustrated and fell silent. Jordan noticed. pogil chemistry

Alex grabbed a pencil. “If we put a coefficient of 2 in front of the left molecule… then left side has four oxygens. Right side still has four. But now the hydrogens are off.” Here’s a helpful story designed to support a

Alex looked again. “Oh! I missed that second molecule entirely. You’re right. So it’s two on the left, four on the right.” Jordan noticed

Alex wanted to say “No, it’s not balanced,” and move on. But Jordan stopped.

You’ve got this. One coefficient, one electron, one question at a time.

Alex stared at the POGIL worksheet. The model showed a diagram of atoms before and after a reaction. The first question read: “How many oxygen atoms are on the left side? How many on the right side?”