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Challenging Thermodynamics Problems

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this thermodynamics worksheet, students apply Hess's Law and review internal energy theory and heat capacity theory. Students use Boltzmann formula to calculate entropy and calculate the change in free energy. This worksheet has 12...
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Thermodynamics

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
For this thermodynamics worksheet, students calculate the enthalpy change and free energy change for given reactions. students describe what happens to the entropy of a system and describe how its enthalpy changes. This worksheet has 20...
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Combustion of Alcohols

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this combustion worksheet, students use a table showing the amount of heat released when different alcohols burn to complete 2 problems. Students create 2 graphs plotting the energy release against the number of carbon atoms.
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Invisible Rays

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Learners explore physical science by completing a lab assignment. In this sunlight lesson, students define a list of scientific vocabulary terms and complete fill in the blank questions. Learners conduct a photographic experiment in...
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Worksheet 26

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this math worksheet, students take the time to consider the heat equation. Then they analyze the solution and apply it to a variety of other uses.
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The Rifting of Pangaea and the Gettysburg Battlefield

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders analyze and interpret an animated model of Earth’s rifting processes.  In this Earth Science lesson, 11th graders connect Earth’s rifting processes with the Earth’s surface in the Gettysburg battlefield.  Students apply...
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Introducing The Gulf Stream

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders research the average temperatures of different places on Earth. In this earth science lesson, 6th graders explain how the sun's heat cause ocean movement. They discuss how temperature change affects the weather we experience.
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Natural Refrigeration

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students build a refrigerator that does not require electricity. In this environmental science activity, student consider desert dwellers of Africa who have no access to electricity. Students use flower pots, sand and water to study the...
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Kitchen Chemistry

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine both physical and chemical changes, and how to identify the difference between the two. They observe the changes that occur in butter when it is exposed to heat and cold, heat energy. In their notebooks, they write...
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Green House Effect

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students read about the green house effect and how our environment is deteriorating and what we can do to help it. In this green house effect lesson plan, students conduct a home and school energy audit, and create a rap.
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Enthalpy

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this enthalpy worksheet, students use the bond energy to calculate the change in heat for the reaction. This worksheet has 2 problems to solve.
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Heat Pollution and Communities

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students examine thermal pollution by collecting temperature data on the school's photovoltaic panel. Students collect data for four consecutive days and retrieve information from other classes that meet at different times of the day. ...
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The Energy Debate - Stoichiometry

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine crude oil can be separated into useful fractions by a process of fractional distillation. They write a balanced equation for the reaction between a hydrocarbon and oxygen.
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The Energy Debate - Global Warming

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe what global warming is, what causes global warming and the impact to our world. They study the threat of global warming and its relationship to the use of fossil fuels.
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Ammonium Nitrate - Heat of Solution

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students quantify the relationship between temperature, energy and heat and define an endothermic reaction. They measure the energy change caused by dissolving one mole of ammonium nitrate in water.
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E3 Project Instrustional Plan

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students will learn about energy. This physics lesson plan, outlines the energy unit to be taught that covers energy, conversions, and heat.
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Earth's Energy Balance Performance Standard

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Young scholars examine how Earth-Sun relationships affect Earth's energy balance and the pattern of world temperatures. Students study a Surface Temperature Regions map and write a paragraph describing the temperature pattern from the...
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Energized Peanuts

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers review the process of heat transfer. In groups, they complete experiments in which they determine if a peanut holds enough energy to heat up water. They also calculate how much heat is given off by the peanut and...
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Activity 1-Cold Water, Hot Water and Super-Heated Water!

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students investigate hydrothermal vents by observing a simple model designed to show that hot water rises when it's heated. First, students listen as the teacher explains hydrothermal fluids and vents. Students watch as the teacher...
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Carbon Dioxide: The Heat is On

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine the greenhouse gases affecting the atmosphere. In groups, they participate in activities in which they examine the effects of heat on the atmosphere and phytoplankton. They research how the phytoplankton differ in warm...
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Transformation of Energy-8th Grade

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine how electricity is produced in relation to the atom as well as what causes electric current to flow and what determines how much current flows through a circuit. These and other concepts of transformation of energy...
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Types of Energy Word Search

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Intended for science instruction, this word search could be used to reinforce vocabulary. Class members find the following words: electrical, potential, heat, chemical, gravitational, kinetic, mechanical, nuclear, and radiant. While the...
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Imagine Life Without Friction

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students learn about the concept of friction. In this friction lesson, students learn how friction from one object to another moves that object and creates energy.
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The Warmth of the Sun

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students broaden their understanding of the sun, particularly its critical role in warming the land, air and water around us.

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