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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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Teaching Resources
Main Topics
- Microwaves
- Heat
- Thermodynamics
- Molecules
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.
Tips for Teachers
The teacher's guide (pdf) contains tips created by the PhET team.
Teaching Ideas
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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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Moving Molecules
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Sarah Borenstein | MS | Lab | 7/23/08 |
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PhET Sims Aligned to the Chemistry Curriculum
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Julia Chamberlain | HS UG-Intro |
Other | 7/15/14 |
| Microwaves | Sarah Borenstein | MS | Lab CQs |
8/19/08 |
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Microwaves Simulation Activity
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Kathy Perkins, Carl Wieman | HS UG-Intro |
CQs Demo |
1/9/11 |
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Microwaves Simulation Homework
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Kathy Perkins, Carl Wieman | HS UG-Intro |
HW | 1/9/11 |
| Kinetic Molecular Theory | Amy Jordan | HS | Lab | 9/18/07 |
| 마이크로파 SIM 사용지침서 | 이화국(Wha Kuk Lee) | MS HS |
Other Demo |
5/9/13 |
You can submit your own ideas and activities.
Related Simulations
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Software Requirements
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Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7 Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later
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OS 10.5 or later Sun Java 1.5.0_19 or later
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Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later
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Credits
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