Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: What's the Point of Boiling?

For Students 3rd - 8th
You know that water can exist in three separate phases: solid (ice), liquid (water), and vapor (steam). To change from one phase to another, you simply add (or remove) heat. When water boils, what happens to molecules (for example sugar...
Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: University of Colorado: Gas Properties

For Students 9th - 10th
Pump gas molecules to a box and see what happens as the volume changes, add or remove heat, change gravity, and more. Measure the temperature and pressure, and discover how the properties of the gas vary in relation to each other....
Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: University of Colorado: States of Matter: Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive simulation will heat, cool and compress atoms and molecules. Watch as they change between solid, liquid and gas phases. Recognize that different substances have different properties which will affect the temperatures for...
Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Winter Monsoon in India, 1910

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1910 of the Indian subcontinent and the Central Asia region showing the typical rainfall distribution patterns during the winter monsoons, keyed to show areas of rainfall ranging from very light to heavy rainfall. The map...
Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Summer Monsoon in India, 1910

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1910 of the Indian subcontinent and the Central Asia region showing the typical rainfall distribution patterns during the summer monsoons, keyed to show areas of rainfall ranging from very light to, according to this text, the...