Word equations | Developing understanding | 11–14 years
By
Helen Harden and
Neil Goalby
Use this worksheet to improve your learners’ understanding of writing and interpreting word equations
Developing understanding is a series of resources that encourages learners to connect their thinking at the macroscopic, sub-microscopic and symbolic levels. This ramped worksheet aims to develop learners’ understanding of word equations. The questions connect written descriptions and visual observations of chemical reactions to their representation with a word equation, improving learners skills in both writing and interpreting word equations.