Curated OER
Survival Science: How Evaporation and Condensation Can Save Your Life!
Eighth graders demonstrate how scientific principles can be used to provide resources in an emergency situation. In this evaporation lesson students view a demonstration on a solar still and see a brief PowerPoint presentation.
Curated OER
Applying the Gas Laws
In this gas laws worksheet, students solve eleven problems using the various gas laws to find temperature, pressure, and volume of gases.
Curated OER
Vapor Pressure
In this vapor pressure learning exercise, learners use a given graph of the vapor pressure of four liquids to answer eleven questions. They compare and find boiling points and vapor pressures of propanone, ethanol, water, and ethanoic acid.
Curated OER
Specific Heat Capacity of a Metal
Eleventh graders investigate the relationship between heat and energy transfer. They review terms including heat, work, calorimetry and the procedures for an experiment. After assembling the materials for the experiment, they observe...
Curated OER
You Light Up My Life: Developing a Scientific Theory for What Fuels a Candle's Flame!
Students examine how candles work and how scientific theories are developed and tested. Students propose hypotheses about what is burning in a candle then perform tests in order to develop their scientific theory. After a teacher...
Curated OER
The Ideal Gas
In this ideal gas worksheet, students read about the conditions necessary for an ideal gas to exist. They also read about the deviations from the ideal gas situation and answer four questions about ideal gases.
Curated OER
Liquids and Solids
Students describe the properties of solids and liquids, and explain how a semiconductor works. In this atom lesson students demonstrate the bonding properties of carbon and silicon.
Curated OER
Solutions
In this solutions worksheet, students calculate molality and mole fraction. Students define colligative property and determine what affects the solubility of gas in solvents. This worksheet has 2 short answer questions and 9 problems to...
Curated OER
The Interactive Periodic Table of the Elements
High schoolers study the different types of metals. In this investigative instructional activity students watch a demonstration on the effects of temperature on atoms and take a tour through baone matter.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Chemistry Simulation: Phase Change
[Free Registration/Login Required] Explore how heat and temperature relate to phase changes.
Davidson College
Davidson College: Phase Changes: Phase Diagram: Part 5: Critical Point
Explains what the critical point in a phase change is and ways that a transition from a liquid to a gas can take place. Students investigate the concepts using a Java simulation.
Crescent Public Schools
The Internet Science Room: The Kinetic Theory & Phase Change
This tutorial helps students understand the Kinetic Theory, which explains the effects of temperature and pressure on matter as it goes through phase changes.
American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: Chapter 2: Changes of State
Five chemistry lessons about phase changes between the states of mattter complete with handouts and animations.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Explore the Chemistry Within Hand Warmers
Determine how the starting temperature affects crystal growth and heat generation of a hand warmer in this chemistry science fair project. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective,...
American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: Changing State Melting
Explore the phase change that occurs when ice is melting.
Chem Tutor
Chem Tutor: Chemistry: States of Matter
This lesson focuses on the states of matter: solids, liquids, and gases. It also discusses the Kinetic Theory of Matter, Thermodynamics, Triple point, Phase Change Graphs and the Heating Curve of Water. It provideds adrawing of a heating...
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: General Chemistry
A collection of video lectures from a general chemistry course taught at the University of California, Berkeley. The course teaches periodic table, chemical bonds, molecular shape, phase changes, chemical reactions, stoichiometry,...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Chemistry Simulation: Camping Chemical and Physical Changes
[Free Registration/Login Required] Explore how heat and temperature relate to phase changes.
Frostburg State University
Frostburg State Chemistry Online: Water Bond Angles & Phase Changes
Describes the bond angle of the water molecule during the transition from liquid to gas state. Also provides several examples and explanations for responses and answers given.
Chiral Publishing
Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Effect of Changing Volume on Equilibrium Systems
Learn how volume changes affect gas-phase reactions by altering their concentrations and reaction rates. View examples with solutions and a table of predicted equilibrium changes. Also find links to tutorials and animations of other...
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Chemistry 1 A: General Chemistry
A collection of video lectures from a general chemistry course taught at the University of California, Berkeley. The course covers topics like stoichiometry, acid-base and solubility equilibrium, oxidation-reduction reactions, chemical...
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Senior Chemistry With Chemguy
A collection of video lectures from a general chemistry class for high school students. Lectures cover topics such as equilibrium, thermochemistry, electrochemistry, and acids and bases with forty-four lectures. Lectures vary in length...
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: Chemistry: Heat Transfer
Answer the thermal energy transfer questions correctly, and advance around the baseball diamond.
Simon Fraser University
Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Absolute Entropies
With an overview of topics related to chemical equilibrium, this site provides a foundation to a study of thermodynamics and entropy. The subject, absolute entropies, is discussed in addition to the third law of thermodynamics, phase...