Kinetic Theory

Activities

• This “Collision Theory Worksheet” (doc) includes answers.
• A “Phase Change Worksheet” (pdf) with answers.
• Review vocabulary with this “Thermodynamics Worksheet” (pdf).
• Have students do the “Kinetic Theory” (doc) with answers (doc).
• Demonstrate the “electron sea model of metals” concept with this “Modeling Metals with Marbles” activity.

Labs

• Demonstrate kinetic theory with Flinn Scientific’s “Sudsy Kinetics” (pdf) demonstration.
• Do this “Observing Latent Heat With a Portable Hand Warmer” (pdf) demonstration.
• This follow-up lab to the NOVA program “Descent Into Ice” (pdf) 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 (pdf).
• 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” (doc) lab.
• Do the “How Much Energy Is in a Nut?” lab (doc).
• Or try the “Heat and the Calorie” lab (doc).
• Do this “Melting and Freezing” lab (doc).
• Try “The Sublimation of Air Freshener” lab (doc).
• Or try the “Water Expands When It Freezes” lab (doc).
• Abigail Freiberger provided this “Kinetics of Chemical Reaction” (doc) lab that is designed for an AP Chemistry class.
• Try this “Kinetic Theory Inquiry” (doc) lab.
• Do Shelly Rudnick-Peterson’s “Absolute Zero” (doc) lab.

Links

• Describes states of matter and shows microscopic views: http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/atoms/states.html 
• A temperature conversion calculator: http://www.onlineconversion.com/temperature.htm
• A Java applet for estimation of heat of vaporization: http://www.pirika.com/chem/TCPEE/Hv/ourHv.htm 
• Applets to demonstrate phase changes and vapor pressure: http://www.chm.davidson.edu/vce/PhaseChanges/VaporPressure.html 
• Graphic shows phase changes in water, copper, and nitrogen with changes in temperature: http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/phases/watersolid.html 
• All about plasmas: http://fusedweb.pppl.gov/CPEP/Chart_Pages/5.Plasma4StateMatter.html 
• Tutorial on vapor pressure and evaporation: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/kinetic/vappre.html 
• A vapor pressure estimation applet: http://www.pirika.com/chem/TCPEE/VP/ourVP.htm 
• A “Virtual Laboratory” that includes an experiment on phase changes in liquid crystals: http://plc.cwru.edu/tutorial/enhanced/lab/lab.htm 
• A virtual lab with several experiments on “Thermodynamic Equilibrium”: http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/Thermodynamics/index.html 
• A vapor pressure simulation: http://www.chem.iastate.edu/group/Greenbowe/sections/projectfolder. . .