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Gas Properties
| 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. |
Teaching Resources
Main Topics
- Gas
- Heat
- Thermodynamics
- Gravity
- Pressure
- Ideal Gas Law
- Boyle's Law
- Charles' Law
Sample Learning Goals
- Predict how changing a variable among PVT, and number influences other gas properties.
- Predict how changing temperature will affect the speed of molecules.
- Rank the speed of molecules in thermal equilibrium based on the relative masses of molecules.
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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Gas Properties Modular Homework Activity
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Julia Chamberlain, Ingrid Ulbrich | UG-Intro | HW | 5/6/13 |
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Gas Properties Gas Laws Quantitative
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Trish Loeblein | HS UG-Intro |
HW Lab |
5/8/13 |
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Using PhET in High School Chemistry- all my activities in pdf
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Trish Loeblein | HS UG-Intro |
Demo HW Lab CQs |
5/8/13 |
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Gas Properties-Inquiry Middle School
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PhET Middle School Team | MS | CQs Lab |
8/2/11 |
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Graphing Activity using Gas Properties Simulation
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Laura Conrad | HS | Lab Demo |
8/13/12 |
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Concept Questions for Chemistry using PhET
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro MS HS |
CQs | 5/8/13 |
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Kinetic Molecular Theory- Introduction (inquiry-based)
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
CQs Lab |
7/3/12 |
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Gas Investigation for Middle School
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Jefferson County Middle School Workshop | MS | Lab | 4/24/09 |
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Kinetic Molecular theory review
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
CQs Demo |
2/11/09 |
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Gas Laws Exploration
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Amy Phillip | MS | HW | 11/13/08 |
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Concept questions for Physics using PhET (Inquiry Based)
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
CQs | 3/3/13 |
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Visualization and Visual Illusions SIM Homework
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Kathy Perkins, Carl Wieman | UG-Intro | HW | 1/9/11 |
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Algebra-based Physics Semester one lessons, clicker questions, and schedule in pdf (Inquiry Based)
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Trish Loeblein | HS UG-Intro |
Demo Lab CQs HW |
8/29/12 |
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Gas Laws
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Sarah Borenstein | MS | Lab | 7/23/08 |
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Gases Understanding physical properties of gases (Inquiry Based)
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Trish Loeblein | HS UG-Intro |
CQs Lab HW |
7/26/09 |
| Gas Properties Acitvity | Rachel | MS | Lab | 3/25/13 |
| Pressure vs Temperature for Ideal Gases | Duane Dolejsi | HS UG-Intro |
Lab | 12/30/12 |
| Boyle's Law | Duane Dolejsi | UG-Intro | Lab | 12/29/12 |
| Gas Properties and Laws Inquiry Lab | Ashley Webb | HS | HW Lab |
10/26/11 |
| Science Department Chair | Brad Palmer | HS | Lab | 5/12/11 |
| Charles' Law Lab and Gay-Lussac's Law Lab | Michael Kwasny | UG-Intro HS |
Lab | 4/8/11 |
| Tricky Dimensions – a Spin-off of a Sim | Sándor Nagy | Grad UG-Adv |
Other | 3/11/11 |
| Exploration of KMT and Gas Laws | Stefan Panzilius | HS | Lab | 2/5/11 |
| Bouncing Off the Walls | Dean Baird, Paul G. Hewitt | UG-Intro HS |
Lab | 5/7/11 |
| Boyle's Law Lab | Michael Kwasny | HS | Lab | 4/10/10 |
| Gay-Lussac's Law Lab | Michael Kwasny | HS | Lab | 4/9/10 |
| Charles's Law Lab | Michael Kwasny | HS | Lab | 4/9/10 |
| Graham's Law of Effusion | Roberto Marrero | HS | Lab | 1/18/10 |
| Application of The First Law of Thermodynamics | Andrzej Sokolowski | HS | CQs | 1/24/10 |
| Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures | Roberto Marrero | HS | Lab | 9/26/09 |
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Gas Properties and Balloons & Buoyancy Simulations Homework
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Kathy Perkins, Carl Wieman | HS UG-Intro |
HW | 1/8/11 |
| Gas Properties | steve hymes | HS | Lab | 5/5/08 |
| Heat Intro | Steve Dickson | HS | HW | 3/11/08 |
| Gas Properties | Gretchen Swanson | HS | Lab | 9/18/07 |
| Gas Properties/Buoyancy | Gretchen Swanson | HS | Lab | 9/18/07 |
| The Relationship between the Volume of a Gas and its Pressure - Boyle's Law | Stephan Graham | HS | Lab | 11/14/08 |
| The x and y's of Gas Properties | Brian Ash | HS | Lab | 7/27/07 |
| Ideal Gas Law Activity | Bob Shurtz, Generoso DePascale | HS | Lab | 9/18/07 |
| Kinetic Molecular Theory | Amy Jordan | HS | Lab | 9/18/07 |
| 기체의 설질 SIM 사용지침서 | Wha Kuk Lee | MS HS |
Other Lab |
5/4/13 |
You can submit your own ideas and activities.
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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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