Content Videos (Lectures and animations to supplement lessons):
- What is Matter?
- Brownian motion
- States of matter
Interactives (Online activities for student interaction & practice with content):
- What is Matter/Constituents of Matter
- The Scale of The Universe (students zoom in/out to visualize relative size of atoms and their components!)
- Build An Atom! (students build an atom out of protons, neutrons, and electrons, and see how the element, charge, and mass change)
- NOVA Elements (Download Required. Students learn about chemical elements and molecular structure in this interactive activity from NOVA. Explore an interactive periodic table to learn more about each element, including its properties, uses, and other interesting facts. Build an atom in the atomic sandbox where you can experiment with atomic structure and determine how many electrons, protons, and neutrons you need to construct an element based on its atomic number and weight. Construct elements and molecules found in everyday objects, such as a cup of coffee, in the “Essential Elements” game)
- Atoms & Elements Activity (students click through this guided animation that teaches about atoms & elements)
- Particle Theory Simulation (students learn that elements consist of atoms represented by symbols, all all atoms contain protons, electrons and neutrons. Students use sliders to increase or decrease the number of protons and neutrons and observe the effect it has)
- Brownian Motion Simulation (An interactive physics simulation of Brownian Motion! Brownian Motion is the random motion of particles that are suspended in a gas or a liquid. Drag the first slider to see what’s going on behind the scenes and play around with the physical parameters. You can also download a snapshot if your particles draw you something)
- States of matter
- States of Matter: The Basics Simulation (students heat, cool and compress atoms and molecules and watch as they change between solid, liquid and gas phases)
- States of Matter: Advanced Simulation (students watch different types of molecules form a solid, liquid, or gas and can add or remove heat and watch the phase change. Change the temperature or volume of a container and see a pressure-temperature diagram respond in real time. Relate the interaction potential to the forces between molecules)
- The Kinetic Theory Simulation (students pump gas molecules to a box and see what happens as you change the volume, add or remove heat, change gravity, and more. Measure the temperature and pressure, and discover how the properties of the gas vary in relation to each other)
Games (Online games for students to apply & test their content knowledge):
- Characteristics of Matter Hangman
- States of Matter: Detective Mystery (Play the role of detective while completing challenges. Stolen codes have led to a robbery at a bank, it sounds strange but could a chef have something to do with it? Use a variety of kitchen tools and equipment to manipulate solids, liquids and gases and destroy the surveillance listening devices and bugs that are planted in the kitchen. Use your secret agent skills to think fast and solve the case)
- Solids, Liquids & Gases (Learn about solids, liquids and gases as you experiment with the conditions that change them from one form to another in this fun, interactive science game. Water is a common example as it exists in all three forms, you’ve no doubt seen it as ice, liquid water and steam. Challenge yourself to find the correct category for other examples such as milk, sand, rain, helium, wood and air. Watch what happens when you heat liquids and cool gases. The processes that change solids, liquids and gases from one form to another are important science topics, humans breathe in gases in the form of air and drink liquids such as water which help keep us alive)
- Kinetic Molecular Theory (answer questions correctly about Kinetic Theory and get the chance to shoot an ant across the yard! Strangely rewarding.)
- Gridlocks (Gridlocks are a fun way to learn the facts you need in Chemistry. Unlock the grids to gain entry to the next level and a secure knowledge of the chemistry involved. Based on the ideas behind Su Doku, Gridlocks have a twist that makes them more interesting, more fun, and more useful)
- Gridlocks: Level 1 (11-14s)
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