This is one phase you'll enjoy going through with your class! Young chemists discover the components of phase diagrams in a video lesson. The narrator discusses temperature and pressure, then shows how their interaction affects the state of the substance participants are observing.

Concepts

phase diagrams, solids, liquids, gases, boiling points, melting points, sublimation, pressure, temperature

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Students can make their own example diagrams alongside the narrator during the video
• Demonstrate the triple point of water so the class can observe the phenomenon
  

Classroom Considerations

• Pupils should have an understanding of the states of matter, as well as boiling and melting points, to watch the video
  

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Presents content in simple but correct terms
• Animations facilitate comprehension of the relationship between temperature and pressure in determining the state of matter
  

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2