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Activity
University of Oregon

Welcome to the Pressure Chamber

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has an online experiment for testing the ideal gas law.
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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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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Temperature Change and Heat Capacity

For Students 11th - 12th
In this section of the textbook, find information about the transfer of heat that changes an object's temperature. Also discussed is the equation of heat transfer that relates the change in temperature, mass, and specific heat. There is...
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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Phase Change and Latent Heat

For Students 11th - 12th
In this section of the textbook, find information about phase changes. Section will explore how to calculate the heat required to change the phase of an object by knowing the mass and latent heat of fusion or latent heat of vaporization....
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Handout
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Thermophysical Properties of Fluid Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site, the student can find out thermophysical properties of different fluids and gases.
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Website
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Humidity, Evaporation, and Boiling

For Students 10th - 12th
Learn about the relationship between vapor pressure of water and capacity of air to hold water vapor, the relationship between relative humidity and partial pressure of water vapor in the air, and how to calculate vapor density,...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Celsius and Fahrenheit Time Line

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A number line comparing temperatures in Celsius and Fahrenheit.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Collecting Solar Rays

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students' will use three Temperature Sensors to collect data from three solar collectors and determine which one absorbs the most heat. They will develop an understanding of the difference between absorption and...
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Define Heat of Fusion, Heat of Vaporization

For Students 9th - 10th
A narrated video tutorial defines two types of heat exchanges: heat of fusion and heat of vaporization. The content focuses on the relationship between heat energy either absorbed or released, and arrangement of particles. [3:42]
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Handout
Oklahoma Mesonet

Oklahoma Climatological Survey: Heat Transfer

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion from the Oklahoma Climatological Survey of the thermal factors effecting the movement of air masses in the atmosphere. Numerous topics such as methods of heat transfer, latent heat, phase changes (including sublimation and...
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Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Electrical Equivalent of Heat Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab is designed to have students look at the conversion of electrical energy into heat energy. Students will have control over the amount of water in their beaker, the voltage of the power supply and the time they add energy to the...
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Lesson Plan
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Properties of Fresh Water and Sea Water

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students set up three demonstrations to observe the properties of water. They explore the boiling point of water, the freezing point of water, and the ability of water to store heat.
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Activity
University of Maryland

U. Of Maryland: Latent Heat: Ice to Water to Steam

For Students 9th - 10th
A page from the University of Maryland Physics Lecture Demonstration Facility. Provides directions for a teacher demonstration of latent heat in the melting and vaporization process. Shows apparatus and set-up; provides suggestions....
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Activity
SRI International

Performance Assessment Links in Science: Ice Melting

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A lesson plan for guiding students through a simple research experiment focused on transfer of energy is described for teacher administration and student explanation. Also includes a detailed rubric for evaluating student work.
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Handout
Ducksters

Ducksters: Kids Science: Melting and Boiling

For Students 3rd - 6th
Kid's learn about the science of melting and boiling. How matter changes state from solids to liquids to gases.
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Handout
Physics4kids

Physics4 Kids: Thermodynamics and Heat: Heat

For Students 6th - 8th
Explains how heat is created from a chemical reaction, from friction, or from energy inefficiency, as well as the meaning of specific heat capacity.
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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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Interactive
Other

Mansfield Connecticut: Convection, Conduction, and Radiation

For Students 6th - 8th
Learn about Convection, Conduction and Radiation then play a game to assess what you learned.