Dynamic equilibrium explained using the computer

Abstract

Since their introduction into schools, educators have tried to utilize computers in classes in order to make difficult topics more comprehensible. Chemistry educators, when faced with the task of teaching a topic that cannot be taught through experiments in a laboratory, resort to computers to help students visualize difficult concepts and processes. Computers offer viable means to teach dynamic equilibrium, a topic that has no laboratory manuals. Recently, chemistry educators have started to focus on how to use computer animations and simulations in the teaching of equilibrium. Copyright © 2006 by Moment.