States of Matter: Basics

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Atoms
Molecules
States of Matter

Description

Heat, cool and compress atoms and molecules and watch as they change between solid, liquid and gas phases.

Sample Learning Goals

Describe characteristics of three states of matter: solid, liquid and gas.
Predict how varying the temperature or pressure changes the behavior of particles.
Compare particles in the three different phases.
Explain freezing and melting with molecular level detail.
Recognize that different substances have different properties, including melting, freezing and boiling temperatures.

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Title	Authors	Level	Type
Using PhET in High School Chemistry- all my activities in pdf	Trish Loeblein	HS UG-Intro	Demo Lab HW
Intermolecular Forces and Molecules - Interactive Lecture Demonstration	Ted Clark, Julia Chamberlain	UG-Intro	Demo
Concept Questions for Chemistry using PhET	Trish Loeblein	HS MS UG-Intro	MC
States of Matter Basics	Trish Loeblein	HS MS	Demo Lab
States of Matter Basics - Clicker Questions	Robert Parson, Trish Loeblein	UG-Intro	MC
Intermolecular Forces and States of Matter - Interactive Lecture Demonstration	Ted Clark, Julia Chamberlain	UG-Intro	Demo
Chemistry Theater	UTeach Middle School PhET Team	MS K-5	Lab
Phases of Matter	Dr. Wendy Adams	MS UG-Intro HS	Lab
Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS	Trish Loeblein	HS	Other
How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program?	Sarah Borenstein	MS	Other
States of matter simulations	Joko Susilo	MS HS	HW Lab MC Demo Discuss Guided
MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment	Elyse Zimmer	MS HS	Other
States of Matte Inquiry	Jeff Drach	MS HS	Guided
Gas laws simulation lab	Dan Maley	HS MS	Lab
ChemActivity: Phase Changes and Intermolecular Forces	Mary van Opstal	HS UG-Intro	Guided
States Of Matter	Craig Reuter	HS	Lab
Preguntas de razonamiento para todas las simulaciones HTML5	Diana López	K-5 MS UG-Intro UG-Adv Grad HS	Discuss HW

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Translations

Language
Belarusian	All беларускі	Агрэгатныя станы рэчыва: асновы
Bosnian	All Bosanski	Agregatna stanja: osnovni nivo
Bulgarian	All български	Състояния на материята
Chinese (Simplified)	All 中文 (中国)	物质状态：基础
Chinese (Traditional)	All 中文 (台灣)	States of Matter: Basics_物質三態：基礎
Croatian	All hrvatski	Agregatna stanja:osnove
Danish	All Dansk	Stoftilstande: Basis
Dutch	All Nederlands	Aggregatietoestanden: eenvoudig
French	All français	Etats de la matière: les bases
German	All Deutsch	Aggregatszustände: Grundbegriffe
Greek	All Ελληνικά	Καταστάσεις της ύλης: Τα βασικά
Hindi	All हिंदी	द्रव्य की अवस्थाएँ - मूल बातें
Hungarian	All magyar	Halmazállapotok - alapok
Irish	All Gaeilge	Staideanna Damhna: Buneolas
Italian	All italiano	Stati della materia: introduzione
Kazakh	All Kazakh	Заттың агрегаттық күйлері: Негіздері
Korean	All 한국어	물질의 상태: 기초편
Latvian	All Latviešu	Vielas agregātstāvokļi: Pamati
Marathi	All मराठी	पदार्थांच्या अवस्था (प्राथमिक)
Persian	All فارسی	حالت های ماده: مقدماتی
Polish	All polski	Stany skupienia: podstawy
Portuguese (Brazil)	All português (Brasil)	Estados da Matéria: Básico
Russian	All русский	Агрегатное состояние вещества: основы
Serbian	All Српски	Стања материје: основе
Slovak	All Slovenčina	Skupenstvo látky: základy
Slovenian	All Slovenščina	Agregatno stanje in fazni prehodi
Spanish	All español	Estados de la Materia: Fundamentos
Spanish (Mexico)	All español (México)	Estados de la Materia: Básico
Spanish (Peru)	All español (Perú)	Estados de la Materia: Fundamentos
Spanish (Spain)	All español (España)	Estados de la materia: Fundamentos
Swedish	All svenska	Materiens tillstånd: Grunder
Thai	All ไทย	สถานะของสาร: เบื้องต้น
Tibetan	All Tibetan	བེམ་གཟུགས་ཀྱི་གནས་འབབ། ༼རྨང་གཞི།༽
Ukrainian	All українська	Стан речовини: Основи
Vietnamese	All Tiếng Việt	Trạng thái của vật chất: Phần cơ bản

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Design Team	Third-party Libraries	Thanks To
Yuen-ying Carpenter (lead designer, HTML5) Amy Rouinfar (lead designer, HTML5) Paul Beale (lead designer, Java) Sarah McKagan (lead designer, Java) Emily Moore (lead designer, Java) Noah Podolefsky (lead designer, Java) John Blanco (lead developer) Aaron Davis (developer) Aadish Gupta (developer) Wendy Adams Jack Barbera Amy Hanson Kelly Lancaster Ariel Paul Kathy Perkins	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 jama-1.0.2 jquery-2.1.0.js lodash-2.4.1.js pegjs-0.7.0.js seedrandom-2.4.2.js text-2.0.12.js TextEncoderLite-3c9f6f0.js	Actual Concepts