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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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Wolfram Research

Wolfram Science World: Carnot, Sadi (1796 1832)

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief overview of Sadi's (1796-1832 CE) life. Contains a link to an explanation of the Carnot cycle, a thermodynamic cycle involving the temperature and pressure of gases.
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Other

Walther Nernst Chronology

For Students 9th - 10th
Walther Nernst (1846-1941) discovered the Third Law of Thermodynamics and won a Nobel Price in 1921 for his work in thermochemistry.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Endothermic vs. Exothermic Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the differences between endothermic and exothermic reactions and the role thermodynamic potentials play in them. Examples from nature are also provided.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Bond Enthalpy and Enthalpy of Reaction

For Students 9th - 10th
Explanation of bond enthalpy that includes examples of calculating enthalpies of reaction using bond enthalpy.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Gibbs Free Energy and Spontaneity

For Students 9th - 10th
Explanation of Gibbs Free Energy and Spontaneity. Includes formulas and examples.
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Physics4kids

Physics 4 Kids: Heat and Thermal Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
When scientists originally studied thermodynamics, they were really studying heat and thermal energy. Heat can do anything: move from one area to another, get atoms excited, and even increase energy. Did we say energy? That's what heat...
Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Chemical Reaction Engineering

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a chemical reaction engineering course taught at the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning. In thirty-nine lectures, the course covers topics including chemical reactions, thermodynamics,...
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Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Fundamentals of Physics

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a fundamentals of physics course taught at Yale University. The course is an introduction to physics and discusses Newtonian mechanics, special relativity, gravity, thermodynamics, and waves. Course...
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Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: How Thermal Energy Is Stored in Molecules

For Students 9th - 10th
With an overview of topics related to chemical energetics, this site provides a foundation to a study of thermodynamics and thermal energy. Other topics covered include kinetic energy, translation, rotation, vibrations, density, and more.
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Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Standard Entropies of Substances

For Students 9th - 10th
With an overview of topics related to chemical equilibrium, this site provides a foundation to a study of thermodynamics and entropy. Other topics covered include standard entropy, gases, and more.
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Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: How Molecules Take Up Thermal Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
With an overview of topics related to chemical energetics, this site provides a foundation to a study of thermodynamics with information on thermal energy. Topics covered include heat capacity, temperature, translational motions of...
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Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Pressure Volume Work

For Students 9th - 10th
With an overview of topics related to chemical energetics, this site provides a foundation to a study of thermodynamics. This section of the site focuses on the kind of work associated with chemical change, pressure-volume work.
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Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Ap Chemistry With Chemguy

For Students 9th - 10th
Need to review a topic for AP Chemistry? This site features a collection of video lectures covering the curriculum of AP Chemistry. The lectures are broken up by topics and vary in length. Lectures cover thermodynamics, bonding,...
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University of Sydney (Australia)

Thermal Physics Module: Refrigerators and Heat Pumps [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Refrigerators and heat pumps are described. Their operation is explained and the variables which improve their efficiency is discussed.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Rudolf Clausius

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Encyclopedia Wikipedia provides brief biographical information on German physicist and mathematician Rudolf Clausius including an image, hyperlinked terms, and external links.
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Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: What Is Entropy?

For Students 9th - 10th
With an overview of topics related to chemical energetics, this site provides a foundation to a study of thermodynamics and its relation to entropy. Information on the topic ranges from reversible and irreversible changes to standard...
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Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Gibb's Free Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
With an overview of topics related to chemical equilibrium, this site provides a foundation to a study of thermodynamics and energy. The site specifically addresses free energy and the Gibbs function.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Cold Pack Chemistry: Where Does the Heat Go?

For Students 9th - 10th
This science fair project shows you what you need to make an endothermic reaction, the coldness of which is governed by the amount of ammonium nitrate used. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Cooking With the Sun Creating a Solar Oven

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
For this activity, students will be given a set of materials: cardboard, a set of insulating materials (i.e. foam, newspaper, etc.), aluminum foil, and Plexiglas. Students will then become engineers in building a solar oven from the...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Above Ground Storage Tank Design Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this culminating activity, student groups act as engineering design teams to come up with improved storage tank designs to make them less vulnerable to uplift, displacement and buckling in storm conditions.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Design Weather Instruments Using Lego Sensors

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will design and create a LEGO structure that will house and protect a temperature sensor. They will leave the structure in a safe spot and check the temperature regularly and chart it.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Physics of Fluid Mechanics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Five lessons about the study of fluid mechanics. The unit concludes with students applying what they have learned to determine the stability of individual above-ground storage tanks given specific storm conditions so they can analyze...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Archimedes' Principle, Pascal's Law and Bernoulli's Principle

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are introduced to Pascal's law, Archimedes' principle, and Bernoulli's principle through problems and engineering applications.

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