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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Heat Unit

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils define thermal equilibrium. They distinguish between internal energy and heat. Students describe how the quantity of heat that enters or leaves a substance is measured.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Thermodynamics Worksheet

For Students 9th - 12th
In this science activity, learners are using the laws of thermodynamics and a basic knowledge to fill in the sentences with the correct words.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Thermodynamics of Pizza

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the laws of thermodynamics. They observe demonstrations of each law, read a summary, and analyze how pizza demonstrates the laws of thermodynamics.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

An Introduction To Material Sciences

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars investigate the concept of molecular structure. They describe the behavior of simulated molecules and identify any dislocations in crystalline structures. They also define various related vocabulary words and use them in...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Units in Thermochemical Calculations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers study how to complete thermochemical equations.  In this equation lesson students learn how to manipulate equations to calculate energy changes and reactions.
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Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Proof: S (Or Entropy) Is a Valid State Variable

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation to prove that entropy, labeled as S, is a valid state variable. [15:38]
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Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Biology: Energy and Enzymes: Why Heat Increases Entropy

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you know why heat increases entropy? In this video, students can explore entropy and its ability to do work. [7:01]
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Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Thermodynamic Entropy Definition Clarification

For Students 9th - 10th
Using a reversible system to clarify the definition of entropy in thermodynamics. [15:38]
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Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Introduction to Entropy

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to entropy and its relationships to various states for a system. [7:27]
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Entropy & 2nd Law of Thermodynamics: Disorder & Lack of Energy

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to define entropy, calculate the increase of entropy in a system with reversible and irreversible processes, explain the expected fate of the universe in entropic terms, and calculate the...
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Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Biology: Energy and Enzymes: Introduction to Entropy

For Students 9th - 10th
Get an introduction to entropy in this video. [7:26]
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Handout
Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Understanding Entropy

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, this site examines a variety of topics related to entropy. Other topics covered include how thermal energy is stored in molecules, quantum states, microstates and energy spreading, and...
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Handout
Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: What Is Entropy?

For Students 9th - 10th
With an overview of topics related to chemical energetics, this site provides a foundation to a study of thermodynamics and its relation to entropy. Information on the topic ranges from reversible and irreversible changes to standard...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Entropy

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] After identifying the two driving forces behind all chemical reactions and physical processes, students investigate entropy, and predict whether the entropy change...
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Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: More on Entropy

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation showing the differences between microstates and macrostates emphasizing that entropy is defined for a system and not different microstates. [8:56]
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Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Reconciling Thermodynamic and State Definitions of Entropy

For Students 9th - 10th
Explanation of how entropy relates to the number of states a system can take on. [28:26]
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Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Energy and Enzymes: Second Law of Thermodynamics and Entropy

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn that the entropy of the universe is constantly increasing according to the second law of thermodynamics in this video. [8:32]
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Handout
Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: The Physical Meaning of Entropy

For Students 9th - 10th
With an overview of topics related to chemical equilibrium, this site provides a foundation to a study of thermodynamics and its relation to entropy. Other topics covered include entropy and disorder, absolute entropies, and more.
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Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Introduction to Entropy

For Students 9th - 10th
Introduction to entropy, and how entropy relates to the number of possible states for a system. [7:26]
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Instructional Video
Bozeman Science

Bozeman Science: Entropy

For Students 9th - 10th
Entropy is simply the dispersion of matter or energy. Paul Andersen begins with a series of video that show the natural direction of processes. According to the second law of thermodynamics the entropy may never decrease in a closed...
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Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: 2nd Law: Entropy

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce the second law of thermodynamics and define the term entropy, providing examples of entropy.
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Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Entropy: Embrace the Chaos

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics. Disorder is a pretty big deal in the universe and that makes it a pretty big deal in chemistry - it's such a big deal that scientists have a special name for it: entropy. In chemistry, entropy is...
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Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Reconciling Thermodynamic and State Definitions of Entropy

For Students 9th - 10th
Long video explaining why entropy is a measure of the number of states a system can take on. [28:26]
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Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Entropy Intuition

For Students 9th - 10th
Introduces second law of thermodynamics. A discussion of entropy change in terms of heat and microstates. [19:15]

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