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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Gas Laws

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The teacher will perform a demonstration of imploding a coke can. We will then discuss Boyle's law. After this discussion, we will conduct the science in motion lab "Boyle's Law". Each lab group will load their graphical results into a...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Super People: Feeling Pressured

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Investigate the physical force exerted upon organisms and objects by the environment, and relate pressure to depth in deep-sea exploration. Experiment to discover the impact of pressure on the lungs.
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Other

Aus E Tute: Ideal Gas Law

For Students 9th - 10th
Some general information over ideal gases and the ideal gas law. The page shows you how to calculate the volume and pressure of ideal gas and how to calculate moles and gas temperature.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix Series: Piston Pressure: Boyle's Law

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this interactive activity, discover the relationship between pressure and volume. After the activity, answer one challenge question about the topic.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Boyle's Law

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Boyle's law and the relationship between the volume and pressure of a gas.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Boyle's Law

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Boyle's law and the relationship between the volume and pressure of a gas.
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Handout
University of Sydney (Australia)

University of Sydney: Structure and Properties of Materials/thermal Physics

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhaustive set of "lecture notes" on various topics in thermal physics (including thermal expansion). Explanations are well done and more interesting than most. Includes both a mathematical and conceptual treatment of topics. Humor,...
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Other

Aquaholic: Introduction to Boyle's Law

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a great introduction to Boyle's Law as well as a link to a more detailed explanation if that's what you're looking for. Gives a real life example that is very helpful in comprehending the law.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Real World Application: Algebra: Boyle's Law

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] During this learning module, students can learn about real world applications of algebra with an explanation of Boyle's law. Explore how a bicycle pump is a perfect...
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Interactive
Chiral Publishing

Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Boyle's Law: Pressure Volume Relationship

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this wonderful animation depicting Boyle's Law. See what the relationship is between the pressure and volume of gases.
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Gas Laws & Human Biology

For Students 9th - 10th
This activity addresses Boyle's Law from a physiological perspective.
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Unit Plan
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Gas Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity, students study gas laws at a molecular level.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Beginner's Guide to Aerodynamics

For Students 9th - 10th
Includes exhaustive information and a wealth of activities pertaining to aerodynamics and the physics of flight.
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eBook
Upper Canada District School Board

Tom Stretton's Advanced Placement Chemistry: Gases

For Students 9th - 10th
This chemistry e-textbook provides students with AP-level reading and practice material on gas laws.
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Handout
University of Sydney (Australia)

Thermal Physics Module: Ideal Gases [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A molecular model of a gas is introduced and explained. Assumptions behind the ideal gas law are presented. The ideal gas law is stated. Charles' law and Boyle's law are derived from the ideal gas law.
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Popcorn Is a Gas

For Teachers 9th - 10th
From the Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE) program. A lesson plan in which students explore the pressure-temperature-volume relationships by performing a popcorn lab investigation. Intriguing. Great...
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Relationships: Pressure, Volume, and Temperature

For Teachers 9th - 10th
From the Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE) program. A lesson plan that centers around a lab investigating the gas laws of Boyle, Charles, and Gay-Lussac. Data is collected, analyzed and discussed.
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Activity
University of Maryland

University of Maryland: Boyled Marshmallows

For Students 9th - 10th
A page from the University of Maryland Physics Lecture Demonstration Facility. Provides directions for a teacher demonstration of Boyle's law. Shows apparatus and set-up; provides suggestions. Easily adaptable as a student project or lab...
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Gas Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the encyclopedia Wikipedia provides a basic overview of the three gas laws (Boyle's, Charles', and Graham's Law) and information on the ideal gas law is found here.
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Other

The Science House: Floating Candles

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this experiment students observe a combustion reaction and deduce the components necessary for the reaction to occur. They also see the relationship between pressure, volume, and number of molecules for gases.
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Interactive
Other

University California at Irvine: Introduction to Gas Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
A set of exercises on the basics of gas laws. Includes links to several animations, although a few links are broken. Ends with a five-question quiz on gas laws.
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Handout
Other

States of Matter and Properties of Gases: Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
A very complete list of terms that are important to the study of gases. This resource is a web archive.
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eBook
Other

Atoms in Motion: Noble Gases

For Students 6th - 8th
The ideal gas law is an empirical law; it's a relationship between the pressure in a system of gases to the volume, the temperature, and the number of gas atoms/molecules in the system. This "law" is valid if the gas atoms/molecules are...
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Educaplus (Jesús Peñas Cano)

Educaplus: Ley De Boyle in Spanish]

For Students 9th - 10th
Observe the law of gases with this interactive exercise.