States of Matter: Basics
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Topics
- States of Matter
- Atoms
- Molecules
Description
Heat, cool and compress atoms and molecules and watch as they change between solid, liquid and gas phases.
Sample Learning Goals
- Describe characteristics of three states of matter: solid, liquid and gas.
- Predict how varying the temperature or pressure changes the behavior of particles.
- Compare particles in the three different phases.
- Explain freezing and melting with molecular level detail.
- Recognize that different substances have different properties, including melting, freezing and boiling temperatures.
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Overview of sim controls, model simplifications, and insights into student thinking ( PDF ). |
Teacher-Submitted Activities
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Using PhET in High School Chemistry- all my activities in pdf |
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
Lab Demo HW |
Chemistry |
Intermolecular Forces and Molecules - Interactive Lecture Demonstration |
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Ted Clark, Julia Chamberlain | UG-Intro | Demo | Chemistry |
Concept Questions for Chemistry using PhET |
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Trish Loeblein | MS UG-Intro HS |
MC | Chemistry |
States of Matter Basics |
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Trish Loeblein | HS MS |
Lab Demo |
Chemistry |
States of Matter Lecture Demonstration |
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Robert Parson, Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
Demo | Chemistry |
States of Matter Basics - Clicker Questions |
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Robert Parson, Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro | MC | Chemistry |
Intermolecular Forces and States of Matter - Interactive Lecture Demonstration |
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Ted Clark, Julia Chamberlain | UG-Intro | Demo | Chemistry |
States of Matter PhET |
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Mahoney Mahoney | MS | Lab | Physics Chemistry |
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Chemistry Theater |
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UTeach Middle School PhET Team | MS K-5 |
Lab | Chemistry | |
Phases of Matter |
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Dr. Wendy Adams | MS UG-Intro HS |
Lab | Physics | |
States of Matter Compare Matrix |
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Kristin Michalski | MS | Lab | ||
Heat it Up |
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Doug Spicher | MS | Lab | Chemistry | |
Boiling, Freezing, and Melting Points |
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Kristina Smith | K-5 | Lab | Physics | |
Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS |
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Trish Loeblein | HS | Other | Biology Chemistry Earth Science Physics |
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How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? |
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Sarah Borenstein | MS | Other | Earth Science Chemistry Biology Physics |
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MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment | Elyse Zimmer | MS HS |
Other | Chemistry Biology Physics |
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How Does the Earth's Climate Change? | Katie Calder | K-5 | Lab Discuss Guided |
Earth Science | ||
ChemActivity: Phase Changes and Intermolecular Forces | Mary van Opstal | UG-Intro HS |
Guided | Chemistry | ||
states of matter basic | edina lawson | K-5 | Lab | Chemistry | ||
States of Matter Basics Simulation | Amy D'Andrea | MS | Guided | Chemistry | ||
Phase Changes Lab! | Jamie Schoenberger | MS | Guided Lab |
Chemistry | ||
States of Matter Basics Student Guide | Kim Miller | HS MS |
Lab | Chemistry | ||
States of Matter Modeling | Chuck Faber | MS | Lab | Physics Chemistry |
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States of Matter - Lab Simulation - student procedures and questions | Taylor Jacobsen | MS HS |
Other Lab Guided |
Chemistry | ||
The Speed of Particles in the Different States of Matter | Marlene Mosley | K-5 | Lab | Physics | ||
Using the particle model to explain states of matter | George Ramos | MS | Lab | Physics | ||
States of Matter | Joyce Kechner | K-5 | Lab CQs |
Physics | ||
States of Matter | Christine Samuel | K-5 | Lab | |||
States of Matter: Basics | Katherine Sarantis | K-5 | Other | |||
De fasen van een stof | Azzedine Toutouh | HS UG-Intro |
Lab Demo HW MC |
Chemistry Physics Earth Science |
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물질의 상태(기초) SIM 사용지침서 | 이화국(Wha Kuk Lee) | MS HS |
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Chemistry Physics |
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Inquiry activity about State of Matter: Basic | Flávio Silva | HS | Guided | Chemistry | ||
Laboratorio- Materia-Energía | Paola Cárdenas | HS | Lab | Chemistry Physics |
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