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Interactive Textbook
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States of Matter
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Physical Changes - Heating and Cooling
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Physical Changes vs Chemical Changes
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Significance of Solids, Liquids and Gases in Everyday Life
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Additional Resources
PhET Simulation: Gas Properties
Click on the screenshot below to download a simulation of Gas Properties. The download will be a java script file. You will need to have a Java Player to run the simulation. This can be downloaded at: https://www.java.com/en/download/win10.jsp
URL: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/legacy/gas-properties
Offline version is available
Topics
- Gas
- Heat
- Thermodynamics
- Gravity
- Pressure
- Ideal Gas Law
- Boyle’s Law
- Charles’ Law
Description
Pump gas molecules to a box and see what happens as you change the volume, add or remove heat, change gravity, and more. Measure the temperature and pressure, and discover how the properties of the gas vary in relation to each other.
Sample Learning Goals
- Predict how changing a variable among PVT, and number influences other gas properties.
- Predict how changing temperature will affect the speed of molecules.
- Rank the speed of molecules in thermal equilibrium based on the relative masses of molecules.
This interactive learning activity is aligned with Solomon Islands Year Seven Science Curriculum:
- Strand: Natural and Processed Materials
- Sub-strand: 7.3 Solids, Liquids, and Gases
- General Learning Outcome:
- 7.3.3 be able to investigate physical changes (s)
- Specific Learning Outcome:
- 7.3.3.1 investigate the changes caused by heating and cooling of solids, liquids, and gases
All simulations available at http://phet.colorado.edu are open educational resources available under the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY).
Permission is granted to freely use, share, or redistribute PhET sims under the CC-BY license.
Attribution: PhET Interactive Simulations
University of Colorado Boulder
https://phet.colorado.edu


