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Assessment
Curated OER

2007 U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad Local Section Exam

For Students 9th - 12th
Sixty multiple choice questions cover the entire gamut of chemistry concepts. This is the local section of the U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad, where your chemistry candidates take a shot at entering the national competition. They...
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PPT
Curated OER

Properties of Matter

For Teachers 7th - 9th
This PowerPoint is a gem! Seventy-eight slides present an entire introduction to matter in bullet-point fashion. Viewers learn about everything from mass and inertia to phase changes and gas laws! The only glitch is that the links to...
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PPT
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Biology Junction

Water Properties and More

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Did you know many insects use cohesion or surface tension to walk on water? Using a presentation, scholars learn the more important properties of water. It extends into the concepts of solutions, suspensions, pH, and more.
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PPT
Urbana School District

Thermodynamics

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed Standards
Entropy, it isn't what it used to be. Presentation includes kinetic-molecular theory, heat and internal energy, thermal equilibrium, temperature scales, laws of thermodynamics, entropy, latent heat of fusion, specific heat, calorimetry,...
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Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Heat and Thermal Energy Transfer

For Teachers 9th - 12th
How does radiation affect our daily lives? Answer that question and others with a lesson that discusses radiation and its use in thermal energy transfer through electromagnetic waves. Pupils investigate vaporization and evaporation while...
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Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Heat Transfer and Heat Capacity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
It's time to increase the heat! Young chemists demonstrate heat transfer and heat capacity in an activity-packed lab, showing the transitions between solid, liquid, and gaseous phases of materials. Individuals plot data as the changes...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Is the Coast Really Toast?: A Lesson About Volcanoes, Phase Changes, and the Art of Estimation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Clever! Use a clip from the 1997 film, Volcano, to get your chemistry class knee-deep in heat concepts related to lava. In the movie scene, lava flow is stopped in the nick of time. Your class must use calculations to determine if this...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Clausius-Clapeyron Equation

For Students 10th
The heat of vaporization, pressure, and boiling points are the topics covered in these calculations. Four questions give some of the variables and ask for the missing information. You could use this worksheet to work through as a whole...
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PPT
Mr. E. Science

Changes in Matter

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
Do solids, liquids, and gases even matter? The presentation focuses on changes in matter, including phases, Boyle's Law, Charles' Law, and physical changes. 
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Unit 1 Matter and Energy

For Students 9th - 12th
Topping this worksheet is a comprehensive collection of notes about phase changes. The phase change graph is displayed, along with formulas for the gas laws, and information relating energy to change of phase. After reviewing these...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

States of Matter

For Students 7th - 10th
In this states of matter learning exercise, students fill in the blanks using the terms evaporation or condensation for 4 statements. They match vaporization, condensation, evaporation and boiling to their definitions. They fill in 8...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Chemistry Practice

For Students 9th - 11th
For this chemistry practice worksheet, students select the correct response to the given questions. Students apply knowledge about the states of matter, finding vapor pressure and atmospheric pressure.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Worksheet: Phase Diagrams

For Students 10th - 12th
In this phase diagram worksheet, students complete 7 fill in the blank questions about three different diagrams. Triple point, critical pressure, and critical temperature for water and carbon dioxide are examples of items identified on...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

States of Matter: Liquid

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners work in a mini lab where they measure the temperature every 30 seconds for several minutes as water is heated. They are asked what makes liquid different from a solid. Students view a PowerPoint on the model of liquids,...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Change of State

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students explore how heat of fusion and heat of vaporization energy are used to create a phase change, and how a phase change can be used to do work.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Liquids

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following online tutorial students will describe a liquid according to the kinetic-molecular theory. They will also learn how a liquid exhibits surface...
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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Heat Flow to Hotter Region

For Students 9th - 10th
Heat flow from a hot region to a cold region is described and explained. Applications of this phenomenon (specifically heat pumps and refrigerators) are discussed. Excellent graphics.
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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Heat Engine Concepts: The Otto Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
Schematic diagrams illustrating the operation of a four-stroke engine cycle. Interactive buttons allow you to step through the various steps of each engine cycle. Each graphic is accompanied by an excellent explanation.
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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Heat Engine Concepts: Carnot Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
The Carnot cycle is described, illustrated and explained. The Carnot efficiency equation is given and interactive JavaScript form allows the visitor to investigate the effect of the reservoir temperature and the sink temperature upon the...
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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Heat of Vaporization

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of the vaporization process and the energy changes which accompany the process. Includes an informative graphic and a discussion of how to determine the heat of vaporization.
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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Phase Change Concepts

For Students 9th - 10th
An indexing page for the HyperPhysics site. This page includes links to a variety of pages at the site which contain information related to phase changes. Each individual page consists of informative graphics and clear explanations.
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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Heat Engine Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
The heat engine cycle is defined and discussed. So pressure-volume diagrams are introduced and their use in depicting the cycles of a heat engine is demonstrated. Informative graphics are accompanied by reason-filled explanations.
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Graphic
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Heat Engine Concepts

For Students 9th - 10th
An indexing page for the HyperPhysics site. The page contains a concept map of links to a variety of other pages which discuss concepts related to heat engines. All pages contain informative graphics and excellent explanations.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Heat of Vaporization

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers a site on the heat of vaporization. Provides a chart of the heat of vaporization of the elements.