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States of Matter: Basics
Heat, cool and compress atoms and molecules and watch as they change between solid, liquid and gas phases.
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Teaching Resources
Main Topics
- States of Matter
- Atoms
- Molecules
Sample Learning Goals
- Describe characteristics of three states of matter: solid, liquid and gas.
- Predict how varying the temperature or pressure changes the behavior of particles.
- Compare particles in the three different phases.
- Explain freezing and melting with molecular level detail.
- Recognize that different substances have different properties, including melting, freezing and boiling temperatures.
Tips for Teachers
The teacher's guide (pdf) contains tips created by the PhET team.
Teaching Ideas
| Title | Authors | Level | Type | Updated |
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Boiling, Freezing, and Melting Points
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Kristina Smith | K-5 | Lab | 3/24/13 |
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Chemistry Theater
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UTeach Middle School PhET Team | MS K-5 |
Lab | 7/18/12 |
States of Matter Basics
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Trish Loeblein | HS MS |
Demo CQs Lab |
3/3/13 |
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Using PhET in High School Chemistry- all my activities in pdf
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
HW CQs Demo Lab |
7/20/13 |
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Concept Questions for Chemistry using PhET
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Trish Loeblein | MS HS UG-Intro |
CQs | 7/9/13 |
| States of Matter: Basics | Katherine Sarantis | K-5 | Other | 3/17/13 |
| 물질의 상태(기초) SIM 사용지침서 | 이화국(Wha Kuk Lee) | HS MS |
Demo Lab |
5/9/13 |
| Laboratorio- Materia-Energía | Paola Cárdenas | HS | Lab | 7/24/13 |
You can submit your own ideas and activities.
Related Simulations
Translated Versions:
| Language | Language (Translated) | Simulation Title | ||
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| Albanian | shqipe | States of Matter: Basics | Run Now | |
| Arabic | العربية | حالات المادة: الأساسي | Run Now | |
| Arabic, Saudi Arabia | العربية (السعودية) | حالات المادة: الأساسيات | Run Now | |
| Basque | Basque | States of Matter: Basics | Run Now | |
| Bosnian | Bosnian | Agregatna stanja: osnovni nivo | Run Now | |
| Brazilian Portuguese | português (Brasil) | Estados da Matéria: Básico | Run Now | |
| Chinese - Simplified | 中文 (中国) | 物质的基本形态 | Run Now | |
| Chinese - Traditional | 中文 (台灣) | States of Matter: Basics 物質的狀態:基礎的 | Run Now | |
| Croatian | hrvatski | States of Matter: Basics | Run Now | |
| Danish | Dansk | Tilstandsformer: Indledning | Run Now | |
| Dutch | Nederlands | De fasen van een stof: grondbeginselen | Run Now | |
| Estonian | Eesti | Aine olekud: põhiline | Run Now | |
| Finnish | suomi | States of Matter: Basics | Run Now | |
| French | français | States of Matter: Basics | Run Now | |
| Galician | Gallegan | Estados da materia: Básicos | Run Now | |
| Georgian | Georgian | States of Matter: Basics | Run Now | |
| German | Deutsch | Aggregatzustände (Grundlagen) | Run Now | |
| Greek | Ελληνικά | Καταστάσεις της Ύλης. Τα βασικά | Run Now | |
| Hebrew | עברית | מצבי צבירה: בסיס | Run Now | |
| Hungarian | magyar | Halmazállapotok - alapok | Run Now | |
| Indonesian | Bahasa Indonesia | States of Matter: Basics | Run Now | |
| Italian | italiano | Gli stati della Materia: fondamenti | Run Now | |
| Japanese | 日本語 | States of Matter: Basics | Run Now | |
| Kannada | Kannada | ದ್ರವ್ಯ ಸ್ಥಿತಿಗಳು | Run Now | |
| Kazakh | Kazakh | Заттың түрлері:Негіздер | Run Now | |
| Khmer | Khmer | States of Matter: Basics | Run Now | |
| Korean | 한국어 | 물질의 상태: 기초편 | Run Now | |
| Kurdish | Kurdish | دۆخهکانی مهدده : بنچینه | Run Now | |
| Macedonian | македонски | Состојба на материјата: Основи | Run Now | |
| Malay | Bahasa Melayu | Keadaan Jirim: Asas | Run Now | |
| Marathi | Marathi | पदार्थांच्या स्थिती | Run Now | |
| Norwegian Bokmal | Norwegian Bokmål | States of Matter: Basics | Run Now | |
| Persian | Persian | حالت های ماده: مقدماتی | Run Now | |
| Polish | polski | Stany materii: podstawy | Run Now | |
| Portuguese | português | States of Matter: Basics | Run Now | |
| Romanian | română | Stări de agregare - Introducere | Run Now | |
| Russian | русский | States of Matter: Basics | Run Now | |
| Serbian | Српски | Агрегатна стања : основни ниво | Run Now | |
| Slovak | Slovenčina | Skupenstvo látky. základný kurz | Run Now | |
| Slovenian | Slovenščina | Agregatna stanja snovi: Osnove | Run Now | |
| Spanish | español | Estados de la Materia: Básico | Run Now | |
| Spanish (Peru) | español (Perú) | Estados de la Materia:Básico | Run Now | |
| Swedish | svenska | States of Matter: Basics | Run Now | |
| Turkish | Türkçe | States of Matter: Basics | Run Now | |
| Turkmen | Turkmen | Maddanyň hallary: Esasylar | Run Now | |
| Vietnamese | Tiếng Việt | Trạng thái của vật chất: Những điều cơ bản | Run Now |
Software Requirements
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Microsoft Windows
XP/Vista/7 Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later |
OS 10.5 or later
Sun Java 1.5.0_19 or later |
Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later |
Credits
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