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This 7-minute video examines a substance that can change states without undergoing a change in temperature. The video features an MIT professor of chemistry working with a group of middle school students to examine a "mystery" material. When brought near a strong magnet, the material changes state from liquid to solid. Accompanying computer simulations help kids visualize what is happening to the substance at the particle level.
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Electricity & Magnetism
- Magnetic Materials
General Physics
- Properties of Matter
Other Sciences
- Chemistry
- Middle School
- Elementary School
- Informal Education
- Instructional Material
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- Audio/Visual
= Movie/Animation
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- Learners
- Educators
- application/flash
- image/gif
- text/html
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© 2009 WGBH
Keywords:
characteristics of matter, experimentation, ferrofluid, magnetism, materials, materials science, middle school experiment, properties of materials, science videos, video, video clip
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Metadata instance created June 24, 2011 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:
August 19, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
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when Cataloged:
December 30, 2009
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AAAS Benchmark Alignments (2008 Version)

4. The Physical Setting

4D. The Structure of Matter
  • 6-8: 4D/M9. Materials vary in how they respond to electric currents, magnetic forces, and visible light or other electromagnetic waves.
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AIP Format
(WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, 2009), WWW Document, (https://oeta.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.matter.mud/mystery-mud-exploring-changes-in-states-of-matter/).
AJP/PRST-PER
PBS LearningMedia: Mystery Mud: Exploring Changes in States of Matter (WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, 2009), <https://oeta.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.matter.mud/mystery-mud-exploring-changes-in-states-of-matter/>.
APA Format
PBS LearningMedia: Mystery Mud: Exploring Changes in States of Matter. (2009, December 30). Retrieved April 25, 2024, from WGBH Educational Foundation: https://oeta.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.matter.mud/mystery-mud-exploring-changes-in-states-of-matter/
Chicago Format
National Science Foundation. PBS LearningMedia: Mystery Mud: Exploring Changes in States of Matter. Boston: WGBH Educational Foundation, December 30, 2009. https://oeta.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.matter.mud/mystery-mud-exploring-changes-in-states-of-matter/ (accessed 25 April 2024).
MLA Format
PBS LearningMedia: Mystery Mud: Exploring Changes in States of Matter. Boston: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2009. 30 Dec. 2009. National Science Foundation. 25 Apr. 2024 <https://oeta.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.matter.mud/mystery-mud-exploring-changes-in-states-of-matter/>.
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@misc{ Title = {PBS LearningMedia: Mystery Mud: Exploring Changes in States of Matter}, Publisher = {WGBH Educational Foundation}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {25 April 2024}, Month = {December 30, 2009}, Year = {2009} }
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