Cold Water, Warm Ice?

by: Li-Hsuan Yang

This article describes engaging students in two simple observations to address the concepts of changes of states, heat, temperature, and molecular potential and kinetic energy.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 5/1/2012Stock # jcst12_041_05_33Volume 041Issue 05

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