Concord Consortium: How Can a Small Spark Start a Huge Explosion?

In this module Activity 4 investigates How are bonds formed and broken? This activity explores the relationship between energy and the formation and breaking bonds, using the ideas of energy transfer and conversion.

In this Activity 1 investigates What makes materials different from each other? Students will continue to learn about energy and to investigate how energy changes relate to changes in matter. Students will also explore what makes...

Students explore connections between electric forces and molecules using simulations, and explain energy transfers using conservation of energy. This concept will be explored in the following activities. Activity 1 What makes materials...

In this module Activity 3 investigates When atoms get close to each other, what happens to their potential energy? This activity applies energy concepts to compare the potential energy of atoms that are bonded as molecules with the...

In this learning module from The Concord Consortium, students will learn how to figure out whether an object has a positive or negative charge.

See how a breadboard electrical circuit works.

Learn how the code on a strand of DNA can be used to make a protein.

Being able to control the movement of electrons is fundamental for making all electronic devices work. Discover how electric and magnetic fields can be used to move electrons around. Begin by exploring the relationship between electric...

Activity 2 in this module examines How do objects become charged? An investigation of where the electrons come from and where they go, when atoms become charged.

This module develops atomic-level causal models to explain observations of electrostatic interactions via the following activities: Activity 1. What is the effect of changing the composition of an atom? Activity 2. How do objects become...