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Balloon Science: Inviting Chemistry and Physics to the Party  [ Report ]
  
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In this interdisciplinary lab, students integrate chemistry and physics concepts by measuring the volume of helium gas in an irregularly-shaped Mylar balloon. The lab provides a…
https://www.compadre.org/precollege/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14052&DocI...
Walter Fendt's Java Applets on Physics 
  
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This site has links to a series of applets relating to physics. The subjects include topics in mechanics, oscillations and waves, electrodynamics, optics, thermodynamics, relativity,…
https://www.walter-fendt.de/html5/phen/
Michigan State Applet Collection: Diver 
  
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This website contains a java applet which demonstrates Archimedes' Principle as well as the ideal gas law through the idealization of a common toy, the Cartesian diver.
https://www.lon-capa.org/~mmp/applist/f/f.htm
Indiana University Southeast Physics Applets: Pressure Simulation 
  
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This web page contains a microscopic simulation on the pressure of a gas in a closed container. Particles in the gas interact with each other and the walls of the container. The…
https://kforinas.pages.iu.edu/physlets/thermo/PV.html
Indiana University Southeast Physics Applets: Brownian Motion Simulation 
  
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This web page contains a simulation of Brownian motion. One larger particle represents a macroscopically visible object (pollen grain) and smaller particles represent water…
https://kforinas.pages.iu.edu/physlets/thermo/BrownianA.html
Boston University Physics Simulations: Adiabatic Processes 
  
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This web page is an interactive physics simulation on adiabatic expansion of an ideal gas. The page displays a simulation of gas particles in a container, and a pressure versus…
http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c27_process_adiabatic_sim.html
PhET Simulation: Balloons & Buoyancy 
  
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This Java simulation allows students to choose from a helium balloon, a hot air balloon, or a rigid sphere to explore the behavior of different gases in different containers. You can…
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/balloons-and-buoyancy
PhET Simulation: Gas Properties 
  
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This simulation provides a highly visual, interactive way for students to explore gas properties. As they pump gas molecules into a chamber, they control volume, add/remove heat, and…
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/gas-properties
ASPIRE: Gas Particles in Motion 
  
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This resource is a set of three web-based labs for grades 7-9 relating volume, temperature, and pressure of a contained gas. The interactive labs are designed to promote inquiry in…
http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/Labs/GasParticles/
PhET Teacher Ideas & Activities: Gas Laws 
  
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This item is a middle school lesson plan developed specifically for use with the PhET simulation "Gas Properties". It provides step-by-step instructions for setting up the simulation…
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/contributions/view/3010