Lesson Plan

Lesson: Reversible Reactions

Aim :

To study reversible reactions and the state of chemical equilibrium.

Learning Outcomes :

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

1. distinguish between reversible and non-reversible reactions.

2. define the term chemical equilibrium.

Assumed prior knowledge :

Students should already be familiar with :

1. the change in concentration of the reactants and products in a non-reversible

reaction.

2. the concept of rate of reaction.

Underlying Principles

1. Making the invisible, visible.

2. Enabling students to know what to look for.

Time taken to complete the activities : 80 minutes

Differentiation

Questions in the student notes are designed to enable all students to complete the activity.
The pop-up answers are provided for the students to view when they have considered their
responses. Worksheet questions include questions that require recall, understanding and
application of the new concepts learned.

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Development of Lesson :

No. Steps Strategy Resources

1 Set Induction. • Teacher to use Activity 1 : pages 1 and 2

(Ascertaining prior to get students to recall how the
knowledge and concentrations of the reactants and
introducing lesson products change during the course of a
topic for the day). reaction.

• Teacher to point out lesson objectives for

the day.

2 Student Activity Teacher to go through the rest of Activity • Courseware

1 as well as Activity 2 with the students.

• Activity 1 : Reversible reactions.

Students get to investigate how the

concentrations of the reactants and
products in the formation of HI remain
constant at the state of chemical
equilibrium.

• Activity 2 : The equilibrium concept.

Students get to view how radioactive

iodine-131 is used to prove that the
equilibrium state reached is a dynamic
equilibrium. They also get to discover how
the rates of the forward and reverse
reactions change with time until the
reaction mixture reaches the equilibrium
state.

3 Evaluation • Students to answer questions in the • Worksheet

student worksheet on their own.

4 Extension activity • Students to go through the extension • Websites

activities on their own. • Reference
books.

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Worksheet answers

1. Reversible reactions

1.1 a. The rates of the forward and the reverse reactions are equal.
b. The system does not undergo any observable change.
c. The system is closed.

1.2 a.

10
CH3COOH/
ConcentrationofofCH3COOH /
-3
dm-3
moldm
Concentration
mol

Tim e

b. The horizontal portion indicates equilibrium has been reached.

2. The equilibrium concept

2.1 Experiment 1

Initially dark brown, but colour fades to less intense brown and remains constant
once equilibrium has been reached.

Experiment 2

Initially colourless, but brown colour appears and remains a constant intensity
(and deeper brown than experiment 1) once equilibrium has been reached.

2.2 a. The purple colour of the iodine gas becomes less intense over the first
eighty minutes, remaining constant in appearance after this.

b. 3.2 moles

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