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Interactive
Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Chemistry: Heat Transfer

For Students 9th - 10th
Answer the thermal energy transfer questions correctly, and advance around the baseball diamond.
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Handout
Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Absolute Entropies

For Students 9th - 10th
With an overview of topics related to chemical equilibrium, this site provides a foundation to a study of thermodynamics and entropy. The subject, absolute entropies, is discussed in addition to the third law of thermodynamics, phase...
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Graphic
American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Changing State Freezing

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover how freezing works, when the change of state moves from liquid to solid.
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eBook
Upper Canada District School Board

Tom Stretton's Advanced Placement Chemistry: Liquids and Solids

For Students 9th - 10th
Take on this self-guided advanced level e-text, and learn about the chemical and physical structure of liquids and solids.
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Handout
Chem Tutor

Chem Tutor: States of Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
A very descriptive site that allows students to understand the different states of matter at the atomic level. Also discusses the process of phase changes and displays phase change graphs. Thermochemistry is also touched upon for high...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Exploring States of Matter Gases

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this series of chemistry labs, students learn about the three states of matter by observing how molecules contract or expand as they change state.
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Activity
Museum of Science

Museum of Science and Industry: Online Science: Make Ice Cream

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Follow these step-by-step instructions to make homemade ice cream. Learn the chemistry and physics behind this summertime treat.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: What's the Point of Boiling?

For Students 3rd - 8th
You know that water can exist in three separate phases: solid (ice), liquid (water), and vapor (steam). To change from one phase to another, you simply add (or remove) heat. When water boils, what happens to molecules (for example sugar...
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Handout
MadSci Network

The Mad Scientist Network: Chemistry

For Students 9th - 10th
The question "What is process called when gases go back to solids?" is discussed in detail. A comparison of the processes of sublimation, deposition and condensation is made.
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Activity
University of Maryland

U. Of Maryland: Change of State of Liquid Nitrogen

For Students 9th - 10th
A page from the University of Maryland Physics Lecture Demonstration Facility. Provides directions for a teacher demonstration of the vaporization of liquid nitrogen. Shows apparatus and set-up; provides suggestions. Easily adaptable as...
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Activity
Center of Science and Industry

Cosi Columbus: Can You Stand the Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
Science experiment that demonstrates the four states or phases of matter: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of how you change water from a liquid state to a gaseous...
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Activity
University of Maryland

University of Maryland: Boiling at Reduced Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
A page from the University of Maryland Physics Lecture Demonstration Facility. Provides directions for a teacher demonstration of the dependency of the boiling point upon pressure. Shows apparatus and set-up; provides suggestions. Easily...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Classification of Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online tutorial students will define a mixture and understand why mixtures are different than pure substances. They will classify mixtures as homogeneous or...
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Activity
University of Maryland

University of Maryland: Boiling Water by Pumping

For Students 9th - 10th
A page from the University of Maryland Physics Lecture Demonstration Facility. Provides directions for a teacher demonstration which utilizes a Bell jar and vacuum pump to show the dependency of boiling point upon pressure. Shows...
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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
University of Maryland

Um: Carbon Dioxide Balloon on Liquid Nitrogen

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