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Lesson Plan
National Association of Geoscience Teachers

Nagt: Demonstrating Climate Change and the Water Cycle

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Demonstration of the greenhouse effect and its role in climate change, discussion of the phases of water and the water cycle, and a hands-on experiment to investigate the role of temperature in phase changes of water.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Chemistry Simulation: Camping Chemical and Physical Changes

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Explore how heat and temperature relate to phase changes.
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Handout
Florida State University

Florida State University: Intermolecular Forces: Changes of State

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the changes of state that can occur for the three different types of matter (solids, liquids, and gases) and different types of heat energy that have been defined by scientists.
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Graphic
Cornell University

Cornell University: Astronomy: The Phases of the Moon

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Cornell University provides great information on the different phases of the moon. As the Moon moves in its orbit around the Sun, our view of the side illuminated by the Sun changes. Furthermore, the rising and setting...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Changing Matter

For Teachers 1st
Investigate the concept of water changing states.
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Interactive
Davidson College

Davidson College: Phase Changes: Phase Diagrams

For Students 9th - 10th
An animation reviewing over the properties of phase diagrams.
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Handout
University of Florida

Chem. 2041 Lecture Notes: The Forces Between Molecules

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of the variety of forces which hold molecules together. The relative strengths of these forces for the various states of matter is discussed. The effect of such forces on the boiling points and other phase change...
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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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Unit Plan
Chem Tutor

Chem Tutor: Chemistry: States of Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on the states of matter: solids, liquids, and gases. It also discusses the Kinetic Theory of Matter, Thermodynamics, Triple point, Phase Change Graphs and the Heating Curve of Water. It provideds adrawing of a heating...
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Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Trigonometric Graphing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explore the amplitude, period, and phase shift by examining the graphs of various trigonometric functions.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Pattern of the Moon's Changing Appearance

For Students K - 1st
Students use an interactive model to gather evidence about the visible Moon's changing pattern over 30 days in this resource from Astronomy Education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. They use this evidence to record and make...
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Phases of the Moon

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce the phases of the moon and why the moon appears to change shape in the night sky throughout the month.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Trigonometry: Horizontal Translations or Phase Shifts

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Defining horizontal translations of sine and cosine functions.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Going Through a Phase: The Changing Patterns of Our Moons Appearance

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn about lunar phases by investigating and observing the changing shapes of the moon as sunlight is reflected away from the moon.
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Handout
American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Phases of the Moon Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Examine the changes that occur with the moon's movement in relationship to the Earth and Sun with this astronomy simulation.
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Interactive
Chiral Publishing

Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Effect of Changing Volume on Equilibrium Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how volume changes affect gas-phase reactions by altering their concentrations and reaction rates. View examples with solutions and a table of predicted equilibrium changes. Also find links to tutorials and animations of other...
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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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Handout
University of Waterloo (Canada)

The University of Waterloo: The Heating Curve

For Students 9th - 10th
The heat of vaporization along with several other thermal properties are explained. Sample problems are given. Illustrations.
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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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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Who Says a Watched Pot Never Boils?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students' will investigate what causes phase changes in matter.They use a temperature sensor to measure the temperature of a substance and identify visual clues to the phase changes.
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Activity
Museum of Science

The Atom's Family: Phases of Matter

For Students 3rd - 8th
Help the Phantom choose a material and observe the changes at different temperatures in the molecule chamber. What happens to the elements or molecules as the temperature changes?
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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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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: General Chemistry

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a general chemistry course taught at the University of California, Berkeley. The course teaches periodic table, chemical bonds, molecular shape, phase changes, chemical reactions, stoichiometry,...
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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Heat of Vaporization

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of the vaporization process and the energy changes which accompany the process. Includes an informative graphic and a discussion of how to determine the heat of vaporization.

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