Handout
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Just a Phase: Water as a Solid, Liquid, and Gas

For Students 9th - 10th
This site helps students construct a model of the arrangement of water molecules when present as solid, liquid or gas. Includes background information, lesson plans, links to standards and assessment ideas.
Lesson Plan
American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Changing State: Melting

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Discover the concept that energy transfer and molecular motion cause the change in state from a solid to a liquid. Also compare state changes of water to the state changes of other substances.