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Excellence Center of Science and Mathematics Education at King Saud University
Microwaves
How do microwaves heat up your coffee? Adjust the frequency and amplitude of microwaves. Watch water molecules rotating and bouncing around. View the microwave field as a wave, a single line of vectors, or the entire field.
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Topics
Main Topics
- Microwave
- Heat
- Thermo
- Molecule
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Sample Learning Goals
- Describe matter in terms of molecular motion. The description should include diagrams to support the description and how temperature affects the image.
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Ideas and Activities for this Sim
There are 5 contributions listed.
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Author | Level | Type | Updated |
| Kinetic Molecular Theory | A. Jordan | HS | Lab | 9/07 |
| Microwaves | S. Borenstein | MS | Lab CQs | 8/08 |
Microwaves Simulation Activity
 | K. Perkins | UG-Intro HS | CQs Demo | 7/08 |
| Microwaves Simulation Homework
| K. Perkins | UG-Intro HS | HW | 11/08 |
Moving Molecules
 | S. Borenstein | MS | Lab | 7/08 |
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Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7 Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later |
OS 10.4.11 or later Apple Java 1.5.0_19 or later |
Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later |
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