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Learning Stoichiometry with Hamburger Sandwiches

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Liliana Haim , Eduardo Cortón , Santiago Kocmur and Lydia Galagovsky

Centro de Formación en Enseñanza de las Ciencias (CEFIEC), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón II, (1428) Buenos Aires, Argentina

J. Chem. Educ., 2003, 80 (9), p 1021

DOI: 10.1021/ed080p1021

Publication Date (Web): September 1, 2003

Abstract

Simple and understandable activities involving the manufacturing of hamburgers can be used as an analogy for stoichiometric concepts and calculations.

Keywords (Audience):

High School / Introductory Chemistry

Keywords (Feature):

Applications and Analogies

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Problem Solving / Decision Making

Keywords (Subject):

Stoichiometry

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