Activities
- This "Collision Theory
Worksheet"
includes answers.
- A "Phase Change
Worksheet"
with answers.
- Try the "Particle Model of Solids, Liquids, and Gases"
crossword puzzle.
- Review vocabulary with
this "Thermodynamics Worksheet"
.
- Have students do the
"Kinetic Theory"
with answers .
-
Demonstrate the "electron sea model of metals" concept with this "Modeling
Metals with Marbles" activity.
Labs
- Do this "Observing Latent
Heat With a Portable Hand Warmer"
demonstration.
- Try this lab on "The Determination of the Molar Heat of Fusion for
Water." The lab includes a student handout and Excel
spreadsheet for solving problems.
- This follow-up lab to the
NOVA program "Descent Into Ice"
investigates the phase change of water changing into
ice.
- The purposed of the "Temperature Changes Everything" lab is to determine
the effect of temperature on particles. It includes a student
worksheet
.
- This lab uses toilet bowl
freshener and moth balls to demonstrate "Sublimation."
- The "Kinetic
Molecular Theory of Popcorn" is an edible lab.
- Try this "Boiling
Point"
lab.
- Do the "How Much Energy
Is in a Nut?" lab
.
- Or try the "Heat and the
Calorie" lab
.
- Do this "Melting and
Freezing" lab
.
- Try "The Sublimation of
Air Freshener" lab
.
- Or try the "Water Expands
When It Freezes" lab
.
- Abigail Freiberger provided this "Kinetics of Chemical
Reaction"
lab that is designed for an AP Chemistry
class.
- Try this "Kinetic Theory
Inquiry"
lab.
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