This virtual manipulative will allow you to explore what makes a reaction happen by colliding atoms and molecules. Design your own experiments with different reactions, concentrations, and temperatures. Recognize what affects the rate of a reaction.

Areas to Explore:

• Explain why and how a pinball shooter can be used to help understand ideas about reactions.
• Describe on a microscopic level what contributes to a successful reaction.
• Describe how the reaction coordinate can be used to predict whether a reaction will proceed or slow.
• Use the potential energy diagram to determine : The activation energy for the forward and reverse reactions; The difference in energy between reactants and products; The relative potential energies of the molecules at different positions on a reaction coordinate.
• Draw a potential energy diagram from the energies of reactants and products and activation energy.
• Predict how raising or lowering the temperature will affect a system in the equilibrium.