Educational Game Mechanic

[BobofBobs]

Rube Goldberg + Chemistry = Multi-Step Chemical Reactions!

What if you allow the user to build a couple of molecules (or three, or infinity...) from a bank, with some end goal in mind? For example, say you had (placed on the board) 2 O2 molecules, and you wanted to end up with one CO2 molecule and 5 H2O molecules. Then the user would drag atoms and single bonds and double bonds, etc. into another space, and then would "see" the reactions in real time. This could be applied to multi-step reactions, or reactions with catalysts as well.