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Subject

Science (NYS P-12)

Description

This simulation will allow students to heat, cool and compress atoms and molecules and watch as they change between solid, liquid and gas phases.

Using the simulation, students will:

• Describe characteristics of three states of matter: solid, liquid and gas.
• Predict how varying the temperature or pressure changes the behavior of particles.
• Compare particles in the three different phases.
• Explain freezing and melting with molecular level detail.
• Recognize that different substances have different properties, including melting, freezing and boiling temperatures.

Simulation

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• States of Matter: Basics

Website(s)

PhET Interactive Simulations

Content Provider

Physics Education Technology
The Physics Education Technology (PhET) project at the University of Colorado produces fun, interactive simulations of physical phenomena that make bridges to the real world.

Requirements

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Related Academic Standards

New York State

S.4.PS.3.2 Students who demonstrate understanding can make observations to provide evidence that energy is conserved as it is transferred and/or converted from one form to another.

S.5.PS.1.1 Students who demonstrate understanding can develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.

S.5.PS.1.2 Students who demonstrate understanding can measure and graph quantities to provide evidence that regardless of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or mixing substances, the total weight of matter is conserved.

S.MS.PS.3.4 Students who demonstrate understanding can plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the

MST4.E.PS3.2 Students describe chemical and physical changes, including changes in states of matter.

MST4.I.PS3.3 Students develop mental models to explain common chemical reactions and changes in states of matter.

MST4.I.PS4.2 Students observe and describe heating and cooling events.