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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

Related Topics

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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Teaching Ideas

Tips for Teachers

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Ideas and Activities for this Sim

There are 5 contributions listed.

Ascending Sort (Z-A)Title Author Level Type Updated
Kinetic Molecular Theory A. JordanHSLab9/07
Microwaves S. BorensteinMSLab
CQs		8/08
Microwaves Simulation Activity Designed by PhET IconK. PerkinsUG-Intro
HS		CQs
Demo		7/08
Microwaves Simulation Homework Designed by PhET IconK. PerkinsUG-Intro
HS		HW11/08
Moving Molecules Image of Gold StarS. BorensteinMSLab7/08

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Software Requirements

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Windows Systems Macintosh Systems Linux Systems
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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Credits

Design Team Third-party Libraries Thanks To
  • Wendy Adams
  • Ron LeMaster (developer)
  • Kathy Perkins
  • Carl Wieman
  • Interviewer: Wendy Adams
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