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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: How Hard Can It Be?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to one way of defining the strength of an encryption (called "Entropy"). In the lesson, students learn how to calculate the entropy of a given code, and then...
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Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Law Concepts

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Georgia State University Department of Physics and Astronomy is an indexing page for the HyperPhysics site. The page links to a variety of other pages which discuss concepts related to entropy and the second law of...
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Thermodynamics

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about the conservation of energy, aspects that affect energy in a system such as pressure and temperature, and to gain a better understanding of concepts such as entropy.
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Other

Dr. Rod Beavon: The Solubility of Ionic Compounds

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed discussion of solubility as a function of Enthalpy and Entropy. Goes way beyond the standard solubility discussion.
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Loschmidt's Paradox

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this simulation to observe how Loschmidt's Paradox affects the entropy of an isolated system.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Spontaneity of a Chemical Reaction

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out what entropy and enthalpy have to do with a spontaneous chemical reaction. [3:44]
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Science is Fun

Science Is Fun: Rubber Bands and Heat

For Students 4th - 8th
An experiment to investigate the thermal properties of rubber by studying its behavior in different scenarios. A discussion of how entropy explains what is observed is provided.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: The Black Hole

For Students 9th - 10th
This site examines the black hole as an object in astrophysics. Delve into this comprehensive resource that covers this concept from its history, to qualitative physics, the reality of black holes, mathematical physics and more.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Thermodynamics: Summary

For Students 11th - 12th
This is a summary of each of the sections in Chapter 15: Thermodynamics from the AP Physics online text.
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Other

Stat Soft: Statistics Glossary

For Students 9th - 10th
Dozens of statistical terms are defined and illustrated in this glossary.
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Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicacion Educativa

La Ciencia Para Todos: Fisica

For Students 9th - 10th
In this site you will find several topics from Physics such as materials, steam machines, conservation, the concept of entropy, relativity and gravitation,
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Learn AP Physics

Learn Ap Physics: Physics B: Thermodynamics

For Students 9th - 10th
A site dedicated to help students prepare for the AP Physics B test. This specific site reviews thermodynamics including ideal gases, laws of thermodynamics, and entropy. Site contains links to video lectures and practice problems.
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Curated OER

Picture of Box With Four Marbles

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of entropy that focuses on explaining entropy, how it applies to the second law of thermodynamics, and real-life observations of the existence of entropy.
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Curated OER

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For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of entropy that focuses on explaining entropy, how it applies to the second law of thermodynamics, and real-life observations of the existence of entropy.
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Curated OER

Both Black on the Left

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of entropy that focuses on explaining entropy, how it applies to the second law of thermodynamics, and real-life observations of the existence of entropy.
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Curated OER

4 Marbles

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of entropy that focuses on explaining entropy, how it applies to the second law of thermodynamics, and real-life observations of the existence of entropy.
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6 Marbles

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of entropy that focuses on explaining entropy, how it applies to the second law of thermodynamics, and real-life observations of the existence of entropy.
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12 Marbles

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of entropy that focuses on explaining entropy, how it applies to the second law of thermodynamics, and real-life observations of the existence of entropy.
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100 Marbles

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of entropy that focuses on explaining entropy, how it applies to the second law of thermodynamics, and real-life observations of the existence of entropy.
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Curated OER

400 Marbles

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of entropy that focuses on explaining entropy, how it applies to the second law of thermodynamics, and real-life observations of the existence of entropy.
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Curated OER

Pressure Temp Data for a Gas

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of entropy that focuses on explaining entropy, how it applies to the second law of thermodynamics, and real-life observations of the existence of entropy.
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Curated OER

Generalised Heat Engine

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of entropy that focuses on explaining entropy, how it applies to the second law of thermodynamics, and real-life observations of the existence of entropy.
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Curated OER

Generalised Refrigerator

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of entropy that focuses on explaining entropy, how it applies to the second law of thermodynamics, and real-life observations of the existence of entropy.
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Curated OER

A Perfect Heat Engine Driving a Refrigerator

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of entropy that focuses on explaining entropy, how it applies to the second law of thermodynamics, and real-life observations of the existence of entropy.

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