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Website
Colorado State University

Csu: Model of Basic Otto Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Colorado State University discusses the Otto cycle of a car engine. Includes a highly mathematical treatment of the efficiency of such engines. Includes a link to a java applet investigating the efficiency of such...
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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Law Concepts

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Georgia State University Department of Physics and Astronomy is an indexing page for the HyperPhysics site. The page links to a variety of other pages which discuss concepts related to entropy and the second law of...
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Activity
Museum of Science

Museum of Science and Industry: Online Science: Get the Porridge Just Right

For Students 3rd - 8th
Step-by-step illustrated instructions for an experiment investigating the loss of heat in three bowls of porridge.
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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Entropy

For Students 9th - 10th
This informative site is from Georgia State University. The tendency of nature to move towards a more disordered state in an isolated system, a concept known as entropy, is discussed. This concept is well-depicted in meaningful diagrams.
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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Heat of Fusion

For Students 9th - 10th
The heat of fusion is defined and described. A graphical representation of the heat of vaporization is given. A method for measuring and calculating the heat of fusion is also presented and explained.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Volumetric Heat Capacity

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers a brief definition of the term, "Volumetric heat capacity." Includes hyperlinked terms.

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