Thursday, September 29, 2022

Chemistry on a Budget: Save your bottle caps!

Save your nuts, bolts, LEGOs, and bottle caps!  I use these items to Balance Equations.  Group I and II ions are larger and groups V—VII are smaller.  Save as many bottle caps as possible to model the periodic trend for atomic radius.  I save bottle tops from everything: water bottles, milk jugs, vitamin bottles, etc.  Some kids need manipulatives to understand a concept.  Bottle caps are free! 




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