Predict Products of a Chemical Reaction

Strengthen reaction knowledge by predicting and explaining chemical products with AI.

Teaching Context:
Great for Year 9 to Year 11 Chemistry when teaching reaction types and prediction.

Basic AI Prompt:
What happens when hydrochloric acid reacts with magnesium?

Enhanced AI Prompt:
You are learning to predict products of chemical reactions. Ask AI to list five reaction examples (e.g. acid with metal, combustion, decomposition). For each, write the balanced word equation and predict the products, explaining how you knew.

Spice it Up (Optional Extension):
Ask AI to create a quiz from your reaction examples.

Lesson Implementation:
Begin with a few key reaction types and model prediction strategies. Students use AI to generate examples and predict products, writing them in a scaffolded table. Then, work through balancing equations and understanding reaction rules.

Finish with a peer teaching task or quickfire quiz. This boosts chemical literacy and equation fluency.

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