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Friction
Thermodynamics
Heat

Description

Move the Chemistry book and observe what happens. Note that the interactive elements in this sim have simple description that can be accessed using a screen reader.

Sample Learning Goals

Describe a model for friction a molecular level.
Describe matter in terms of molecular motion. The description should include: diagrams to support the description, how the temperature affects the image, what are the differences and similarities between solid, liquid and gas particle motion; how the size and speed of gas molecules relate to everyday objects.

Version 1.5.10

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Teacher-Submitted Activities


Concept questions for Physics using PhET (Inquiry Based)	Trish Loeblein	HS UG-Intro	MC	Physics
Algebra-based Physics Semester one lessons, clicker questions, and schedule in pdf (Inquiry Based)	Trish Loeblein	UG-Intro HS	HW Demo Lab	Physics
Kinetic Molecular theory review	Trish Loeblein	UG-Intro HS	Demo	Chemistry Physics
Friction demonstration	Trish Loeblein	UG-Adv UG-Intro HS	Demo	Physics
Energy Skate Park-NGSS aligned HS	PhET NGSS 2014 Workgroup	HS	Lab CQs	Physics
Modeling Friction (Inquiry Based)	Trish Loeblein	HS	Demo	Physics
Phases of Matter	Dr. Wendy Adams	MS HS UG-Intro	Lab	Physics
Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS	Trish Loeblein updated by Diana López	MS HS	Other	Earth Science Biology Physics Chemistry
How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program?	Sarah Borenstein	MS	Other	Earth Science Biology Physics Chemistry
Mapping of PhET and IBDP Physics	Jaya Ramchandani	HS	Other	Physics
MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment	Elyse Zimmer	HS MS	Other	Physics Biology Chemistry
PhET Simulations Aligned for AP Physics C	Roberta Tanner	HS	Other	Physics
friction	sowilam mehani	HS	Discuss	Physics
Preguntas de razonamiento para todas las simulaciones HTML5	Diana López	HS UG-Intro Grad K-5 UG-Adv MS	Discuss HW	Astronomy Physics Mathematics Chemistry
Dinâmica (Atividades) nos OA's do PhET	Artur Araújo Cavalcante e Gilvandenys Leite Sales	Grad MS Other HS UG-Adv	Lab HW Other Guided	Earth Science Other Physics
Força de Atrito no "Friction (HTML5)"	Artur Araújo Cavalcante e Gilvandenys Leite Sales	HS Other MS	Guided HW Other	Other Physics Earth Science

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Arabic (Saudi Arabia)	All العربية (السعودية)	الاحتكاك
Azerbaijani	All Azerbaijani	Sürtünmə
Basque	All Euskara	Marruskadura
Belarusian	All беларускі	Трэнне
Bosnian	All Bosanski	Trenje
Bulgarian	All български	Триене
Chinese (Simplified)	All 中文 (中国)	摩擦力
Chinese (Traditional)	All 中文 (台灣)	Friction_摩擦
Croatian	All hrvatski	Trenje
Czech	All čeština	Tření
Danish	All Dansk	Friktion
Dutch	All Nederlands	Wrijving
Estonian	All Eesti	Hõõrdumine
Finnish	All suomi	Kitka
French	All français	Friction
Galician	All Gallegan	Friction
German	All Deutsch	Reibung
Greek	All Ελληνικά	Τριβή
Hebrew	All עברית	חיכוך
Hindi	All हिंदी	घर्षण
Hungarian	All magyar	Súrlódás
Indonesian	All Bahasa Indonesia	Gesekan
Irish	All Gaeilge	Frithchuimilt
Italian	All italiano	Attrito
Japanese	All 日本語	摩擦
Kannada	All Kannada	ಘರ್ಷಣೆ
Kazakh	All Kazakh	Үйкеліс
Khmer	All Khmer	កកិត
Korean	All 한국어	마찰
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Macedonian	All македонски	Триење
Malay	All Bahasa Melayu	Geseran
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Norwegian Bokmal	All Norsk bokmål	Friksjon
Persian	All فارسی	اصطکاک
Polish	All polski	Tarcie
Portuguese	All português	Atrito
Portuguese (Brazil)	All português (Brasil)	Atrito
Romanian	All română	Frecarea
Russian	All русский	Трение
Serbian	All Српски	Трење (концепт)
Sinhalese	All Sinhalese	ඝර්ෂණය
Slovak	All Slovenčina	Trenie
Slovenian	All Slovenščina	Trenje
Spanish	All español	Fricción
Spanish (Mexico)	All español (México)	Fricción
Spanish (Peru)	All español (Perú)	Fricción
Swahili	All Swahili	Msunguano
Swedish	All svenska	Friktion
Tamil	All Tamil	உராய்வு
Telugu	All Telugu	రాపిడి
Thai	All ไทย	แรงเสียดทาน
Tibetan	All Tibetan	བརྡར་ཤུགས།
Turkish	All Türkçe	Sürtünme
Turkmen	All Turkmen	Sürtülme
Ukrainian	All українська	Тертя
Vietnamese	All Tiếng Việt	Ma sát

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The new HTML5 sims can run on iPads and Chromebooks, as well as PC, Mac, and Linux systems.

iPad:
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Android:
Not officially supported. If you are using the HTML5 sims on Android, we recommend using the latest version of Google Chrome.

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The HTML5 and Flash PhET sims are supported on all Chromebooks.
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Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11, latest version of Firefox, latest version of Google Chrome.

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macOS 10.9.5+, Safari 9+, latest version of Chrome.

Linux Systems:
Not officially supported. Please contact phethelp@colorado.edu with troubleshooting issues.

Design Team	Third-party Libraries	Thanks To
Noah Podolefsky (lead) Michael Dubson (lead, developer) John Blanco (developer) Jonathan Olson (developer) Bryce Gruneich Ariel Paul Kathy Perkins Carl Wieman Wendy Adams (interviewer) Mindy Gratny (interviewer) Emily B. Moore (interviewer)	almond-0.2.9.js base64-js-1.2.0.js FileSaver-b8054a2.js font-awesome-4.5.0 game-up-camera-1.0.0.js he-1.1.1.js himalaya-0.2.7.js jama-1.0.2 jquery-2.1.0.js lodash-4.17.4.js pegjs-0.7.0.js seedrandom-2.4.2.js text-2.0.12.js TextEncoderLite-3c9f6f0.js	Mobile Learner Labs

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