Balancing Act!

Classic ChemBalancer - Welcome This is the classic version of Chembalancer that teaches you how to balance equations for the first time. To play it, just press the "Start Game" button above. To play the other versions, click here. Teachers: Classic Chembalancer is for students who are learning to balance equations for the first time. Awards for original Classic Chembalancer site © 2005 Sulan Dun. Balancing chemical equations worksheets Practice balancing 100's of chemical equations from simple to advanced. Each chemical equation worksheet comes with answers and can be downloaded as a pdf file. Chemistry worksheets for download Identification of salts from a variety of acid reactions What happens in a chemical reaction? Chemical reactions are like a ‘dance’. Old chemicals(reactants) rearrange to produce new chemicals(products) Reactants → Products The arrow means 'produces' In a chemical reaction atoms are rearranged as old chemical bonds are broken and new chemical bonds are formed.The 'law of conservation of mass' is supported as the weight doesn’t change between the mass of the reactants and the mass of the products. How to balance a chemical equation In balancing chemical equations you need to remember to three important points. You do not change the chemical formula of a substance to balance an equation. Example of how to balance a chemical equation Hydrogen + Oxygen →Water Check the number of atoms for each element.