Lesson Plan: Le Chatelier’s Principle Chemistry

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This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to explain the effect of changing the temperature, concentration, or pressure on an equilibrium according to Le Chatelier’s principle.

Objectives

Students will be able to

define Le Chatelier’s principle,
predict the qualitative effect of changing either temperature, concentration, or pressure on the position of equilibrium in a reversible reaction.

Prerequisites

Students should already be familiar with

the effect of a catalyst on the position of an equilibrium,
dynamic equilibrium,
the particulate model of matter.

Exclusions

Students will not cover

applications of Le Chatelier’s principle in industrial settings,
the use of square brackets to illustrate the concentration,
quantitative measurement or calculations of equilibrium constants.