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HelenHuangHobbs Chemistry10thgrade
LimitingReactantWrapUp

48minutes

3/3/2016

OVERVIEW/RATIONALE
LastweekstudentsdidaPhETactivitycalledReactants,Products,andLeftovers.WhileIhad
introducedtheconceptofmoleratiotothem,wehadnthadextendedconversationsorpractice
ontheuseofmoleratiosinproblems.Studentsstruggledthroughtheactivityanddidnotachieve
thelearninggoalsthatwehadsetforthem.Yesterday,Ihadstudentsrevisittheactivity(afterwe
hadspentmoretimedoingmoreformalworkandpracticewithstoichiometryandusingthemole
ratio).Moststudentsarestillstrugglingtounderstandtheconceptoflimitingreactant.Duringa
smallinformaltutoringsessionIaskedstudentsforfeedbackandtheyrequestedsomemore
structuredapproachestotheprocess.Keepingthisinmind,Iwilltrytowrapupthoughtsand
ideasonlimitingreactantsinthisclassperiodsothatwecanmoveontopercentyieldand
practicalapplicationsofstoichiometry.
ENDURINGUNDERSTANDINGS
Chemicalreactionsoccurinourliveseveryday.
Changesoccurduringchemicalreactionsandarequantifiable.

GOALS/OBJECTIVES
Studentswillbeableto:
Quantifythechangesthatoccurduringchemicalreactions
Manipulatechemicalquantitiesusingscientificconventionsandmathematicalprocedures
Usethemoleratiotocalculatethenumberofatoms,molecules,mass,orvolumeofagas
Performstoichiometriccalculations,includingdeterminationofmassrelationships
betweenreactantsandproducts,calculationoflimitingreactants,andpercentyield.
Studentswillunderstand:
Achemicalreactionisaprocessinwhichoneormoresubstancesconvertintooneor
morenewsubstanceswithdifferentproperties.
Studentswillknow:
Vocab:reactants,products,moleratio,limitingreactant,excessreactant,percentyield,
stoichiometry,theoreticalyield,molarmass,standardtemperatureandpressure,
conversionfactor,actualyield

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TANDARDS
S
3.2.C.A4Predicthowcombinationsofsubstancescanresultinphysicaland/orchemicalchanges.
Interpretandapplythelawsofconservationofmass,constantcomposition(definiteproportions),
andmultipleproportions.
Balancechemicalequationsbyapplyingthelawsofconservationofmass.
Classifychemicalreactionsassynthesis(combination),decomposition,singledisplacement
(replacement),doubledisplacement,andcombustion.
Usestoichiometrytopredictquantitativerelationshipsinachemicalreaction.
MATERIALS
Powerpointpresentationonchemicalreactiontypes
LimitingReactantPracticeProblemworksheets
LimitingReactantPhEThandout(Studentsalreadyhave)withanswerkey(Ihavethis)
PROCEDURES

OPENER
(10minutes)
Asaclassopener,studentswillbeaskedtosolvealimitingreactantproblemanddescribethe
stepstheytooktosolvetheproblem.Iwillcollecttheirresponsesandusetheirdescriptionof
theirprocesstoinformhowwelongIspenddiscussingdifferentmethodstocalculatinglimiting
reactants.
BODYOFTHELESSON

(30minutes)

Iwillreviewthewarmupwithstudents.Iwillreintroduceandtrytodestigmatizetheideaof
limitingreactantstostudentswithaclipfromfatherofthebride(hotdogsandhotdogbuns).
Studentswhofeelconfidentintheirmethodandapproachwillgivenpracticeproblemsforthem
topracticecalculatinglimitingreactants.IwillaskthemtoworkquietlyasIhelpstudentswho
needmoreinstructionandhelpwithfindingamethodtodeterminealimitingreactant.

WewillbrieflyreviewthevocabularyrequiredfortheseproblemsandIwilltalkstudentsthrough
twomethodsthatIhavecomeacrosstofindingthelimitingreactant.Iwilldemonstratethesetwo
methodsusingthesameproblemusingslidesandthechalkboard.
Studentswillthenworkinsmallgroups/pairsonthelimitingreactantproblems.
CLOSER

(10minutes)

AsaclasswewilldiscussthelimitingreactantproblemsandIwillclearanymisconceptions
studentsmayhave.
ACCOMMODATIONS

Iamtryingtodifferentiatetheinstructiontoallowthosewhohavegraspedtheconceptswork

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aheadandpracticetheirskillswhileIworkwithagroupofstudentsgivingthemmorestructureto
approachthisprocess.
ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION
StudentswillbegivenafulltestnextFridayontheentiretyofchapter9(stoichiometry,limiting
reactantsandpercentyield).Iwilldoagradedwarmupnextweektoinformbothmyselfandthe
studentsofhowtheyaredoingwithregardstobothlimitingreactantsandpercentyield.

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