Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Aspects of Weather
A detailed weather lesson plan written for the primary, intermediate, and junior high level. Topics covered are weather symbols, thermometer, graphing temperature results, clouds, moisture and air pressure.
University of Maryland
University of Maryland: Regelation: Ice Under Pressure
A page from the University of Maryland Physics Lecture Demonstration Facility. Provides directions for a teacher demonstration on the phenomenon of regelation. Shows apparatus and set-up; provides suggestions. Easily adaptable as a...
University of Maryland
Lowering the Freezing Point of Water Using Salt
A page from the University of Maryland Physics Lecture Demonstration Facility. Provides directions for a teacher demonstration of the effect of an ionic solute upon the freezing point of water. Shows apparatus and set-up; provides...
Michigan Technological University
Michigan Technological University: Henry Cavendish
An overview of scientist Henry Cavendish's accomplishments. Discusses his achievements, primarily his work with quantitative measurements.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Boiling, Freezing, Melting Point: Lesson 2
This lesson will introduce the phase changes that occur at the boiling, freezing, and melting points. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Boiling, Freezing, Melting Point."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Boiling, Freezing, Melting Point: Lesson 4
This lesson will introduce the phase changes that occur at the boiling, freezing, and melting points. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Boiling, Freezing, Melting Point."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Boiling, Freezing, Melting Point: Lesson 1
This lesson will introduce the phase changes that occur at the boiling, freezing, and melting points. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Boiling, Freezing, Melting Point."
University of Texas at Austin
Thermo Dex:index of Selected Thermodynamic Data Handbooks
Do you need to know a specific value of a specific quantity for any given substance? If so, this is the place. Find the heat capacity, heats of vaporization and fusion, and much more from this page.
Hunkins Experiments
Hunkin's Experiments
Hunkin's Experiments is a group of simple cartoon illustrations of scientific principles. Some would work well in the classroom, but others have little value beyond entertaining students. All of the projects are easy to do and use...
Other
Boiling and Freezing Point
This site provides an explanation behind why the boiling and freezing points for the Celsius, Kelvin, and Fahrenheit scales were chosen.
Frostburg State University
General Chemistry Online: Estimating Freezing Point
This site from the General Chemistry Online of the Frostburg State University provides informaiton on estimating freezing point of a solution from freezing point constant and molality.
Other
Third Millenium Online: Melting and Freezing
The concepts of melting point and freezing point are explained on this site.