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Boiling Ice: A physics demonstration illustrating the kinetic molecular theory of matter
Journal Article | December 2000
Physics is a good course to teach to young students because inquiry-based activities can be integrated into lectures to reinforce concepts and ideas. This article features a favorite activity that keeps student interest…
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Kinetic Molecular Theory and Gas Laws
Collection | September 2015
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Lesson Plan | December 2022
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the nature of science. The probe is designed to find out if students distinguish scientific theories from the common use of the word theory and if…
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Journal Article | July 2022
An argumentative writing prompt model is presented for use in a general chemistry class designed for nonscience major students. The purpose of this instructional model is to support students with rich experiences to…
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Journal Article | April 2021
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Lesson Plan | December 2022
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about atoms. The probe is specifically designed to determine whether students can use the idea of atoms to explain why a metal expands when heated.…
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Lesson Plan | December 2022
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about thermal expansion. The probe is designed to find out whether students attribute expansion of the space between molecules to the rise of the liquid…
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Lesson Plan | December 2022
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about particles during a phase change. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that the bubbles formed when water boils are the result of…
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Case Study | December 2014
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Lesson Plan | December 2022
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the properties of atoms. The probe is designed to determine whether students can distinguish between the microscopic properties of an atom and the…
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Lesson Plan | December 2022
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about conservation of matter. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that the mass of a warm gas in a closed system is the same after…
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Lesson Plan | December 2022
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the mass of a gas. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that an uninflated balloon will increase in mass when inflated with a…
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Lesson Plan | June 2021
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about chemical change. The probe is designed to find out how students determine whether a new substance with a different chemical makeup is formed when…