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This interactive activity for grades 8-12 features eight models that explore atomic arrangements for gases, solids, and liquids. Highlight an atom and view its trajectory to see how the motion differs in each of the three primary phases. As the lesson progresses, students observe and manipulate differences in attractions among atoms in each state and experiment with adding energy to produce state changes. More advanced students can explore models of latent heat and evaporative cooling.
This item is part of the Concord Consortium, a nonprofit research and development organization dedicated to transforming education through technology. The Concord Consortium develops deeply digital learning innovations for science, mathematics, and engineering. Please note that this resource requires Java. Editor's Note: This model is particularly effective because it helps learners visualize the intermolecular attractions that underlie a phase change. Heat energy added to a system causes molecules to overcome attractions, and the reverse is true. The resource was developed for high school, but can be adapted to the middle school physical science classroom with teacher scaffolding.See Related Materials for a Teacher's Guide developed specifically to accompany this activity.
AAAS Benchmark Alignments (2008 Version)4. The Physical Setting
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This resource is part of 2 Physics Front Topical Units.
Topic: Particles and Interactions and the Standard Model
Unit Title: Matter and Interactions This classroom-tested module features 8 interactive models for exploring atomic arrangements in gases, solids, and liquids. Highlight an atom and view its trajectory to see how motion differs in each of the 3 primary phases. Add heat energy to a system to watch molecular bonds break as molecules overcome their attraction. Editor's Note: This model is a very effective tool for visualizing the intermolecular attractions that underlie a phase change. Highly recommended. Link to Unit:
Topic: Particles and Interactions and the Standard Model
Unit Title: Properties of Matter This classroom-tested module features 8 interactive models for exploring atomic arrangements in gases, solids, and liquids. Highlight an atom and view its trajectory to see how motion differs in each of the 3 primary phases. Add heat energy to a system to watch molecular bonds break as molecules overcome their attraction. Editor's Note: This model is a very effective tool for visualizing the intermolecular attractions that underlie a phase change. Highly recommended. Link to Unit:
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A teacher's guide developed specifically to accompany the "Phase Change" activity. relation by Caroline Hall
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Physics Classroom: What Does Heat Do?
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Physics Classroom: Calorimeters and Calorimetry
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