Molecules and Light
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Topics
- Molecules
- Photons
- Absorption
- Light
Description
Do you ever wonder how a greenhouse gas affects the climate, or why the ozone layer is important? Use the sim to explore how light interacts with molecules in our atmosphere.
Sample Learning Goals
- Explore how light interacts with molecules in our atmosphere
- Identify that absorption of light depends on the molecule and the type of light
- Relate the energy of the light to the resulting motion
- Identify that energy increases from microwave to ultraviolet
- Predict the motion of a molecule based on the type of light it absorbs
- Identify how the structure of a molecule affects how it interacts with light
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Teacher-Submitted Activities
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| Molecules and Light - Guided Inquiry Activity |
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Alycia M. Palmer | UG-Intro | Guided | Chemistry | |
| Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS |
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Trish Loeblein | HS | Other | Chemistry Physics Earth Science Biology |
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| How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? |
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Sarah Borenstein | MS | Other | Chemistry Biology Earth Science Physics |
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| PhET Sims Aligned to the Chemistry Curriculum |
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Julia Chamberlain | HS UG-Intro |
Other | Chemistry | |
| PhET Greenhouse Effect Simulations | Jack Ganse | HS MS |
Guided Discuss |
Earth Science | ||
| MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment | Elyse Zimmer | MS HS |
Other | Physics Biology Chemistry |
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Diana López | Grad MS UG-Adv K-5 UG-Intro HS |
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Chemistry Astronomy Mathematics Physics |
| Simulações no Ensino de Fisica | Carla Tavares | HS | Lab HW Demo Guided Discuss Other MC |
Earth Science Astronomy Physics |
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| Windows 7+ | Mac OS 10.10+ | iPad and iPad Mini with iOS | Chromebook with Chrome OS |
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