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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Freezing and Melting of Water

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Freezing temperature, the temperature at which a substance turns from liquid to solid, and melting temperature, the temperature at which a substance turns from a solid to a liquid, are characteristic physical properties. In this...
Interactive
Other

Science Alive: Melting Point Simulation

For Students 9th - 10th
Percy Julian and Josef Pikl used the fact that melting point-the temperature at which a substance changes from a solid to a liquid-is a characteristic property of a substance to prove that the British chemist Robert Robinson could not...
Unit Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Boiling Water Below Its Boiling Point

For Students 9th - 10th
Mars has such low atmospheric pressure that any water at the surface would boil away. In this activity, students see that they can get water to boil below its "typical" boiling temperature when they drop the pressure in a closed...
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Melting Point

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers a brief description of the term, "Melting point," including hyperlinked terms.
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Freezing Point and Boiling Point Constants of Water

For Students 9th - 10th
This video tutorial reviews the freezing point and boiling point constants of water. [1:19]
Activity
Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Hot Stuff

For Students 3rd - 5th
Students practice estimating Fahrenheit temperatures using a thermometer in this interactive web lesson. Boiling, freezing, and human body temperatures are used as benchmarks for estimating.
Handout
Other

Boiling and Freezing Point

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an explanation behind why the boiling and freezing points for the Celsius, Kelvin, and Fahrenheit scales were chosen.
Interactive
Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Chemistry: Heat Transfer

For Students 9th - 10th
Answer the thermal energy transfer questions correctly, and advance around the baseball diamond.
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Boiling, Freezing, Melting Point: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce the phase changes that occur at the boiling, freezing, and melting points. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Boiling, Freezing, Melting Point."
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Boiling, Freezing, Melting Point: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce the phase changes that occur at the boiling, freezing, and melting points. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Boiling, Freezing, Melting Point."
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Boiling, Freezing, Melting Point: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce the phase changes that occur at the boiling, freezing, and melting points. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Boiling, Freezing, Melting Point."
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Properties of Solutions

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How solutes affect solvents, the freezing point depression and boiling point elevation.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Chemistry Simulation: Salty Roads

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Explore how solutes can keep roads clear of ice in the winter by learning how different types and concentrations of a solute affect the freezing point of a solution.
Lesson Plan
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Properties of Fresh Water and Sea Water

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students set up three demonstrations to observe the properties of water. They explore the boiling point of water, the freezing point of water, and the ability of water to store heat.
Handout
University of Texas at Austin

Thermo Dex:index of Selected Thermodynamic Data Handbooks

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you need to know a specific value of a specific quantity for any given substance? If so, this is the place. Find the heat capacity, heats of vaporization and fusion, and much more from this page.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Melting

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What happens to matter when it melts and the definition of melting point.
eBook
Upper Canada District School Board

Tom Stretton's Advanced Placement Chemistry: Colligative Properties of Solutions

For Students 9th - 10th
This chemistry e-textbook provides students with AP-level reading and practice material on colligative properties of solutions.
Graphic
Curated OER

University of Oregon: Images: Fahrenheit and Celsius: Temperature Scales

For Students 9th - 10th
Graphic compares boiling point, freezing point, and absolute zero for the Fahrenheit and Celsius scales.
Graphic
Curated OER

University of Oregon: Temperature Scales

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Oregon provides information on the three temperature scales in use today--Farenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin. Historical information is given on the discovery of the scales along with information on the...
eBook
Other

Fund. Of Phys. Geography/energy, Temperature, and Heat

For Students 9th - 10th
A page describing (in part) the distinction between energy, temperature and heat. Includes a graphic illustrating the quantity of energy needed to transform water between various states. Methods of thermal energy transfer (convection,...
Unit Plan
Chem Tutor

Chem Tutor: Solutions

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth look at solutions and their properties. Includes practice problems for calculating solution concentration.
Website
Environmental Chemistry

Periodic Table of Elements: Gallium

For Students 9th - 10th
A very detailed look at the element Gallium, a member of the Boron Group.
Website
Environmental Chemistry

Periodic Table of Elements: Indium

For Students 9th - 10th
A very detailed look at the element Indium, a member of the Boron Group.
Handout
Purdue University

Purdue University: Introduction to Colligative Properties

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to colligative properties.

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