Activity Title A Systems Model To Show The Limiting Reactant
Subject Area/Concept: Chemistry, Physical
Science
Grade Level:
Jr and Sr High School
Objective(s): Use technology to model a chemical system.
Data
Source: none required
Procedure: Design the stores, flows and converters
required to show a student selected reaction.
Use various inputs of the reactants and show the resulting amounts of
products.
Student
Inquiry Questions: What are the
relationships of the reactants to products of a chemical reaction? Can a model be build to show this relationship?
Notes
to Instructor: While the reaction is
not a linear one over time the beginning and ending points are the same. The fact of the non-linear nature of most
reactions can be used later to explore kinetics and then the model can be
modified to show reactant use over time.
Creator:
Steve Zimmerman, La Canada High
School, LCUSD, Calzim@aol.com