Misunderstood: Balanced Equations

A response to the Misunderstood Activity
created October 28, 2022 by Carrie Ginou (@carrie.ginou)

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In teaching basic chemistry, I find that students often have trouble understanding that they need to create a balanced compound before creating a balanced equation.
Many of my students are busy parents of young children. My analogy could be that each member of the family first needs to be balanced for the household as a whole to be balanced.

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