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Concord Consortium Where Does the Energy of a Spark Come From?
Activity 3 investigates Why is lightning so much bigger that a spark from the Van de Graff generator? In Activity 3 of this module, students investigate factors that affect the amount of potential energy that is stored.
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Concord Consortium Where Does the Energy of a Spark Come From?
Activity 2 of the module investigates Where does the energy used to charge the Van de Graaff generator go? The activity investigates how objects can interact without touching, as well as what happens to potential energy when objects...
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Concord Consortium What Is Happening When a Spark Occurs?
Activity 1 of this module investigates: How does potential energy change when things are pushed or pulled? Exploring how force is related to potential energy, this activity investigates how potential energy is changed when a spring is...
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Concord Consortium: What Is Happening When a Spark Occurs?
Activity 4 in the module investigates If energy cannot go away, why don't things move forever? Conservation of energy is examined. A reading activity, Energy Conservation, is included in this activity.
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Concord Consortium: How Does an Object Become Charged?
Activity 3 in this module investigates What causes neutral objects and charged objects to interact with each other?
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Concord Consortium: How Does an Object Become Charged?
Activity 2 in this module examines How do objects become charged? An investigation of where the electrons come from and where they go, when atoms become charged.
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Concord Consortium: How Does an Object Become Charged?
Activity 1 in this module: What is the effect of changing the composition of an atom? Since all atoms contain protons, neutrons, and electrons, what makes one element different from another is examined.
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Concord Consortium: How Does an Object Become Charged?
This module develops atomic-level causal models to explain observations of electrostatic interactions via the following activities: Activity 1. What is the effect of changing the composition of an atom? Activity 2. How do objects become...
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Concord Consortium What Are All Materials Made Of?
Activity of 1 of this module explores Can the same piece of paper be cut into pieces indefinitely? The activity evaluates the particle nature of matter and uses particle nature of matter to explain observations of liquids and gasses.
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Concord Consortium What Are the Factors That Affect How Strongly Objects Interact With Each Other?
Activity 2 of this module explains How do factors like distance and amount of charge affect interactions between objects? The activity investigates the effect that the distance between two charged objects has on the strength of the...
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Concord Consortium What Is Happening When a Spark Occurs?
Activity 3 of this module investigates If moving objects have kinetic energy, do moving atoms have kinetic energy? This activity looks at how energy is related to movement of atoms.
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Concord Consortium: What Is Happening When a Spark Occurs?
Activity 1 in this module investigates Can my finger start a fire?
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Concord Consortium: What Is Happening When a Spark Occurs?
Students define potential and kinetic energy, explore energy transfer and energy conservation, and connect energy to atomic structure. The following activities guide students to a conclusion: Activity 1. Can my finger start a fire?...
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Concord Consortium: What Are Nature's Building Blocks?
Activity 4 What are the electrons? This question is answered in the context of Niels Bohr's model and the probability model of atomic structure.
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Concord Consortium: What Are Nature's Building Blocks?
Activity 3 of this module investigates: How do we know what's inside an atom? From Ernest Rutherford's Gold Foil Experiment to his investigation of the Plum Pudding model, students become aware of the Nuclear Model of an Atom. Also in...
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Concord Consortium: What Are Nature's Building Blocks?
Activity 2 of the module explores: If you can't see it, how do you know it's there? Activities include the concepts of J.J. Thomson, electrons, and the Plum Pudding Model of the Atom.
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Concord Consortium: What Are Nature's Building Blocks?
Activity 1 of this module explores What are the particles that make up all substances, and how small are they? A history of the atom is included.
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Concorde Consortium: What Are All Materials Made Of?
Activity 4 of this module determines: Which model best supports our observations? This activity reviews the evidence gathered in this investigation and considers how that evidence informs your model of matter. A timeline of the history...
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Concord Consortium What Are All Materials Made Of?
Activity 3 of this module explores: Is the particle model always better? Models are considered most useful when a variety of observations can be explained. A model of matter should explain observations of all types of matter. In this...
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Concord Consortium What Are All Materials Made Of?
Activity 2 of this module explores: Does 5 + 5 always equal 10? In this activity liquids are mixed together and evaluated whether the continuous or particle model of matter provides a better explanation of observations of the behavior of...
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Concord Consortium What Are Materials Made Of?
Activity 1 in this module explores Can the same piece of paper be cut into pieces indefinitely? The activity evaluates particle nature of matter and uses particle nature of matter to explain observations of liquids and gasses.
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Concord Consortium What Are Nature's Building Blocks?
The module will develop, revise, and interpret representations of atomic structure and interactions of charges within atoms. The following activities will be explored: Activity 1. What are the particles that make up all substances and...
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Concord Consortium: Where Does All the Energy in an Explosion Come From?
In this module Activity 3 investigates What changes in energy occur when atoms rearrange during a chemical reaction? This activity explores the relationship between energy and chemical reactions. A bonus reading includes Energy and...
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Concord Consortium: Where Does All the Energy in an Explosion Come From?
In this module Activity 2 investigates What happens to atoms during a chemical reaction? In this activity students explore chemical reactions and develop a model to explain observations of chemical reactions.