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Today is Tuesday, 10/19/21

Learning Target:

I can describe the parts of a chemical equation and explain how balancing the equation supports the Law of Conservation of Mass.

Working on being:

Agenda:

1.Video- Chemical Formulas

2. Counting Atoms

3. Parts of a Chemical Equation

4. Exit Ticket

5. Pre-Assessment

6. More Practice

Materials:

  • Laptops!
  • Notebooks
  • Pen/Pencil

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When reading a chemical formula, the _______________________ represents the number of molecules. Each element __________ has 1 capital letter. Each elements may have a ________________ which is the number of atoms of that element in the __________________. If no subscript is written, it is assumed to be 1.

Symbol

Subscript

Coefficient

Compound

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12

5CO2

C

O

5

10

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13

4C6H12

C

H

24

48

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15

3Mg3(PO4)2

Mg

P

9

6

24

O

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Chemical equations

This weeks vocabulary.

Add the definitions of these terms

Reactant:

Product:

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3

REACTANTS

PRODUCTS

YIELDS

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Exit ticket for the day

For this equation:

Fe(s) + S(s) → FeS(s)

What are the reactants?

What are the products

For these chemical formulas, list the elements and the number of atoms for each

Al₂O₃

CH₃COOH

(Hint: add similar elements together)