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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Are Pv Diagrams?

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn what PV diagrams are and how to use them to find the change in internal energy, work done, and heat.
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Chiral Publishing

Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Effect of Temperature on Solubility

For Students 9th - 10th
This online textbook section explains how the solubility of gases in a liquid decrease as the temperature increases. Use a chart and example to help understand how the Second Law of Thermodynamics has an effect on this. Also find links...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: How Does Nature Know Which Way Is Forward?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Through critical thinking, students realize that spontaneous events happen in a certain order. This lesson presents an examination of the Second Law of Thermodynamics using a thought story, rubber band inquiry, discrepant event and lecture.
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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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Science Struck

Science Struck: A Comprehensive List of All the Physics Formulas

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a long list of physics formulas for easy reference.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Chemistry: Thermochemistry

For Students 9th - 10th
Through informational text, interactive practice problems, online labs, and virtual simulations, students are introduced to the concepts of thermochemistry.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why Don't Perpetual Motion Machines Ever Work?

For Students 9th - 10th
Netta Schramm describes the pitfalls of perpetual motion machines.
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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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Crescent Public Schools

The Internet Science Room: Enthalpy and Heat

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about thermodynamics and enthalpy through practice problems and examples in this chemistry lesson.
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Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: The Equilibrium Constant

For Students 9th - 10th
With an overview of topics related to chemical equilibrium, this site provides a foundation to a study of thermodynamics and equilibrium. Included in the discussion with the equilibrium constant are topics such as equilibrium and...
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FT Exploring

Ft Exploring: Energy Changes Make Things Happen

For Students 9th - 10th
Nothing can happen without energy. Here you can learn about the many different ways that energy makes things happen.
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FT Exploring

Ft Exploring: Energy, Heat Flow, and Life

For Students 5th - 8th
Here you can learn all about heat flow, one of the major driving forces of nature, and how it works. It is the force behind weather, photosynthesis, animal behavior, and much more.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix Series: Enthalpy

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Move the chemical reaction along, and observe the overall change in enthalpy for each reaction in the simulation. After the activity, answer one challenge question to check for understanding.
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Oklahoma Mesonet

Oklahoma Climatological Survey: Heat Transfer

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion from the Oklahoma Climatological Survey of the thermal factors effecting the movement of air masses in the atmosphere. Numerous topics such as methods of heat transfer, latent heat, phase changes (including sublimation and...
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Thermal Physics: What Is Heat?

For Students 9th - 10th
This physics tutorial is devoted to understanding how the relative temperature of two objects affects the direction that heat is transferred between the two objects.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Conduction, Convection, and Radiation

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the concept of heat transfer and describes conduction, convection, and radiation which are the three modes of heat transfer. Includes formulas, examples, and applications.
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Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Blackbody Radiation

For Students 9th - 10th
An indexing page for the HyperPhysics site. This page includes a concept map of links to pages that contain information related to blackbody radiation. Each individual page consists of informative graphics and clear explanations.
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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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Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Heat Convection

For Students 9th - 10th
Using understandable words and exceptional graphics, this page describes the transfer of energy by means of the convection process. Contains several links to related topics.
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Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Specific Heats and Molar Heat Capacities

For Students 9th - 10th
A lengthy listing of values for specific heats and molar heat capacities for a variety of substances at 20 C. An explanation is given for why molar heat capacities for metals are nearly the same.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Specific Heat of Metals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students' will use a Temperature Sensor to understand how heat is transferred between substances and the concept of thermal equilibrium. They learn about specific heat and how it can be used to identify an unknown sample.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Solar Cookers and Easy Data

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use a TI-84, Easy Temp and Easy Data to measure the quality of solar cookers. Hot dogs are heated under the May sunshine after students design, build and test their own solar cookers.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Popping Up Some Fun!

For Teachers K - 1st
In this hands-on activity, students will investigate the properties of popcorn and discover what makes popcorn pop. They will compare popped and unpopped corn and hypothesize about why popcorn pops, discovering that popcorn pops because...

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