Balancing Chemical Equations
- http://misterguch.brinkster.net/eqnbalance.html. From Mr. Guch. The method described on this site is similar to both our textbook and the method I present in class.
- Interactive Balancing Equations Tutorial. From Dr. Yue-Ling Wong at Wake Forest University. This is an excellent interactive web-based tutorial on balancing chemical equations. It uses methods similar to what was taught in class, in the textbook, and in the web site above.
Practice Balancing Equations
Chemical Bonding
- Chemical Reaction Types. From Mr. Guch. Note that on this web page, the author lists six types of reactions. (Acid-Base is listed as a separate type: later, we will study acid-base as a special case of the double-displacement reaction.)
- Chemical Reaction Types. From Utah State Office of Education. On this web page, the author lists only four types of reactions. (Combustion is omitted.)
- Tutorial on Isotopes and Nuclear decay (Physics 2000 site at Colorado University). Note that the format for nuclide notation shown on the CU site differs from what is taught in Mr. Y’s class (and in the textbook used at WHS). Both are acceptable.
- This applet shows some of the various stable and unstable isotopes. For unstable isotopes, it shows (very nicely) what they decay into.