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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Aspects of Weather

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
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.
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Activity
University of Maryland

University of Maryland: Regelation: Ice Under Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Activity
University of Maryland

Lowering the Freezing Point of Water Using Salt

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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Handout
Michigan Technological University

Michigan Technological University: Henry Cavendish

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of scientist Henry Cavendish's accomplishments. Discusses his achievements, primarily his work with quantitative measurements.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Boiling, Freezing, Melting Point: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
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."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Boiling, Freezing, Melting Point: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
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."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Boiling, Freezing, Melting Point: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
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."
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Handout
University of Texas at Austin

Thermo Dex:index of Selected Thermodynamic Data Handbooks

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Activity
Hunkins Experiments

Hunkin's Experiments

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Handout
Other

Boiling and Freezing Point

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an explanation behind why the boiling and freezing points for the Celsius, Kelvin, and Fahrenheit scales were chosen.
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Website
Frostburg State University

General Chemistry Online: Estimating Freezing Point

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Handout
Other

Third Millenium Online: Melting and Freezing

For Students 9th - 10th
The concepts of melting point and freezing point are explained on this site.