Activity 8: Exploration of Chemistry

For activity 8, students have a choice to explore other topics of chemistry presented in the PhET simulations. 
Tasks to be completed:
1. Choose any Teaching Idea from any of the Chemistry Simulations (http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/chemistry ) and post your results/data and/or answers on your blog.
Simulation chosen: Balancing Chemical Equations
Activity: Balancing Chemical Equations by Kristin Michalski

2. Work with any of the Chemistry Simulations to create your own Teaching Idea. The criteria for this is as follows:

Science Education Standards met through activity created:

B.4.1 Use encyclopedias, source books, texts, computers, teachers, parents, other adults, journals, popular press, and various other sources, to help answer science-related questions and plan investigations

C.4.3 Select multiple sources of information to help answer questions selected for classroom investigations

C.4.6 Communicate the results of their investigations in ways their audiences will understand by using charts, graphs, drawings, written descriptions, and various other means, to display their answers

Literacy Standards met through activity created:

E.4.1 Use computers to acquire, organize, analyze, and communicate information
F.4.1 Conduct research and inquiry on self-selected or assigned topics, issues, or problems and use an appropriate form to communicate their findings.