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Physical science simulations for Easel and for homeschool
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Electric Circuits, Resistors in Series & Parallel
Using this electric circuits PhET guided inquiry lab your students will gain an in depth understanding of the difference between resistors in series circuits and resistors in parallel circuits. I have done these activities with my students many times and they always find them fun and engaging. The best part is that your students won't even know they are learning as they complete the included inquiry-based laboratory assignment sheet. The PhET Circuit Construction Kit: DC simulation can be found
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Electric Circuits Bundle No. 1: Resistors in Series and Parallel
PhET Simulation Online Lab: States of Matter
In this guided inquiry PhET online lab your students will investigate the three states of matter: solids, liquids and gases. By the end of this online lab students will be able to (1) describe the characteristics of the three states of matter, (2) compare the motion of the particles in the three different phases, (3) explain how to change the state of a material and be able to name the six different phase changes (4) understand that different substances have different melting and boiling tempera
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Growing Bundle: PhET Simulations Online Physics and Chemistry Labs
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation
This engaging inquiry-based PhET lab activity will guide your students to an understanding of Newton’s law of universal gravitation as they learn what factors affect the force between two masses. This online lab is intended to be used with the Gravity Force Lab: Basics HTML5 Simulation from PhET Interactive Simulations. The link for the simulation is: https://tinyurl.com/p35r9vv2 In the first activity students will learn that the gravitational force is always attractive. Newton’s law of universa
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Growing Bundle: PhET Simulations Online Physics and Chemistry Labs
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Geometric Optics, Lenses and Mirrors
In this guided inquiry two part PhET lab your students will investigate how an image is formed by four different optical instruments: a convex lens, a concave lens, a convex mirror and a concave mirror. In Part 1 students will investigate (1) how the characteristics of the image change as the object is brought closer to each of the lenses and mirrors, (2) the similarities and differences in image formation for each of the lenses and mirrors and (3) the meaning of the points F and 2F for the conv
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Optics Complete Unit Bundle
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Coulomb's Law
This engaging inquiry based PhET lab activity will guide your students to an understanding of Coulomb’s law as they learn what factors affect the force between two charged particles. This online lab is intended to be used with the Coulomb’s Law HTML5 Simulation from PhET interactive simulations. The link for the simulation is: https://tinyurl.com/2x5jzzcb In the first activity students will learn how to determine the direction of the force between two charged particles. In the second activity st
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Growing Bundle: PhET Simulations Online Physics and Chemistry Labs
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Force of Friction
The goal of this PhET online lab activity is for your students to gain a deeper understanding of static and kinetic friction forces, Newton’s laws of motion and how to determine the coefficients of static and kinetic friction. This activity includes collecting data about frictional forces, graphing the data and analysis of the graph to determine the coefficients of friction. This web based lab is available as a PDF file that can be completed by distance learners. This online lab activity uses th
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Newton’s Laws of Motion Bundle: Three PhET Online Labs
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Forces & Motion
Looking for a great activity to start your unit on Newton’s laws of motion? Don’t want to give a big lecture or start with a bunch of mathematical calculations? Students love PhET Interactive Simulations and this guided inquiry activity on forces and motion is a great way to get started. Have fun and learn at the same time.I find this to be a great guided inquiry activity that will work well for students from middle school through high school. This activity will guide students as they investigat
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Newton’s Laws of Motion Bundle: Three PhET Online Labs
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Energy Skate Park, Conservation of Energy
Using this PhET online lab activity your students will gain a complete understanding of the law of conservation of energy and the relationship between potential, kinetic and total energy as the skater moves along the skate ramp. I have done this activity with my students many times and they always find it fun and engaging. The best part is that your students won't even know they are learning as they complete the included laboratory assignment sheet. This inquiry-based lab activity uses the Energ
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Growing Bundle: PhET Simulations Online Physics and Chemistry Labs
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Elastic and Inelastic Collisions
Using the Collisions PhET online simulation your students will (1) apply the laws of conservation of energy and momentum to characterize the difference between elastic and inelastic collisions, (2) determine the changes in kinetic energy when energy is not conserved, (3) explain why energy is not conserved in some collisions, (4) draw before and after pictures of collisions and (5) investigate five special cases for elastic and inelastic collisions.This online lab activity uses the Collisions HT
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Growing Bundle: PhET Simulations Online Physics and Chemistry Labs
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Newton's Laws of Motion
The primary goal of this PhET lab activity is for your students to gain a deeper understanding of Newton’s first and second laws of motion. This is a great guided inquiry activity for investigating acceleration, balanced and unbalanced forces, and their effect on the motion of objects. After completion of this activity your students will be ready to start quantitative analysis of the motion of objects using Newton’s second law equation, F = m • a. I use this activity after my students have compl
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Newton’s Laws of Motion Bundle: Three PhET Online Labs
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Density
In this guided inquiry PhET online lab your students will investigate the physical properties of a material that determine its density. By the end of this online lab students will be able to (1) determine the volume of an object using the displacement method, (2) calculate the density of an object, (3) explain how changing the mass or volume of an object affects its density, (4) explain why an object floats or sinks in a liquid and (5) determine the relative density of objects from their masses
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Density Exploration Bundle
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Under Pressure - Fluid Pressure and Pascal’s Law
In this guided inquiry PhET online lab your students will investigate the pressure in fluids. This includes liquids and air. By the end of this online lab students should be able to (1) describe how the pressure in air and water changes as a function of depth, (2) explain how the shape of the liquid container affects pressure, (3) describe all variables that affect pressure and (4) determine the density of an unknown fluid. This online lab is intended to be used with the Under Pressure (HTML5) S
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Growing Bundle: PhET Simulations Online Physics and Chemistry Labs
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Hooke's Law
Using this PhET online lab activity your students will gain a complete understanding of Hooke's law, calculating the spring constant and determining the masses of unknown objects. I have done this activity with my students many times and they always find it fun and engaging. The best part is that your students won't even know they are learning as they complete this online inquiry-based laboratory assignment. This HTML5 web-based inquiry lab can be run from most cellphones, tablets and computers.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Growing Bundle: PhET Simulations Online Physics and Chemistry Labs
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Build an Atom
In this inquiry-based PhET online lab your students will investigate atomic structure and the subatomic particles that make up atoms using the Build an Atom simulation. They will learn the important terms used to describe atoms such as atomic number, mass number and net charge. They will also be introduced to the layout of the periodic table and how to locate elements on it. Students love working with the online simulations from PhET Interactive Simulations. The Build an Atom simulation is easy
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Growing Bundle: PhET Simulations Online Physics and Chemistry Labs
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Build a Molecule
In this guided inquiry two part lab your students will investigate molecules and how they are built. This activity is designed for use with the Build a Molecule HTML5 simulation from PhET Interactive Simulations. The link for the simulation is: https://tinyurl.com/2p9cvvjx. The learning goals for this activity are:(1) Students will be able to explain the difference between an atom and a molecule.(2) Students will be able to explain the difference between an element and a compound.(3) Students wi
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Growing Bundle: PhET Simulations Online Physics and Chemistry Labs
Conservation of Momentum Lab Series using Marbles
This listing features two labs about the conservation of momentum using marbles. I facilitate this activity series on successive days in my eighth-grade physical science class. This lab set aligns with our unit about Newton’s three laws. In the first lab activity, students determine if there is a positive correlation between the number of marbles released down the ruler ramp and the number of stationary marbles ejected upon impact on the bottom, flat portion of the track. In the second lab activ
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8th - 10th
Also included in: Physical Science Semester Activity Bundle Special
Bonding Models Molecule Polarity PhET Simulation ; EDITABLE, *Key Included*
In this PhET simulation students will investigate how polar bonds affect the polarity of molecules, how those polar molecules react to an electric field. Students will draw Lewis structures, identify molecular polarity, and finally predict if the substance will dissolve in water based upon its polarity. Materials needed: PhET websiteFreely editable Google Doc!Older PDF version is included in the G-Drive directory.KEY INCLUDED in G-Drive directory. Feel free to edit as needed and share with your
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Bonding Models Molecular Polarity and Geometry Chemistry Bundle
Build an Atom PhET Simulation Isotopes, Ions, Nuclear; EDITABLE, GOOGLE *Key Inc
In this simulation students will build atoms, isotopes, and ions in PhET's "Build An Atom" PhET simulation. Students will investigate the neutron-proton ratio and its effect on nuclear stability, the proton-electron ratio as it relates to ions, and the identities of isotopes.Materials needed: PhET website.Freely editable Google Doc!Older PDF version is included in the G-Drive directory.KEY INCLUDED in G-Drive directory. Feel free to edit as needed and share with your students in whatever form y
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Atomic Theory and Nuclear Chemistry Bundle
PhET Isotopes and Atomic Mass Activity Guide / Distance Learning
Now includes both printable PDF and Google Slides versions!The PhET: Isotopes and Atomic Mass Activity Guide is used along with the free *Next Generation PhET Simulation “Isotopes and Atomic Mass”. Students learn how to construct Isotope models for basic elements by adding neutrons one at a time and observing how this effects Mass Number, Atomic Mass, and stability of the Isotope created. Students also learn the relationship between Relative Abundance of Isotopes in Nature and the Average Atomic
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5th - 10th
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HS-PS1-2
Also included in: PhET Activity Guides Chemistry BUNDLE / Distance Learning
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Balancing Act, Levers and Torque
With this PhET online physics lab your students will have fun and learn physics at the same time. Why does the lever tip to the left and when will it tip to the right? The purpose of this activity is for your students to determine what conditions must be met for a first lever to balance. Along the way they will also be introduced to the concept of torque and will be able to answer the following questions: What is torque? What affects the amount of torque an object applies to a lever? How is torq
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Growing Bundle: PhET Simulations Online Physics and Chemistry Labs
Collisions in 1 Dimension Momentum PhET SIM, EDITABLE, *Key Included* w/old pdf
In this PhET simulation students observe the conservation of momentum in elastic and inelastic linear collisions. Conservation or loss of energy is emphasized. Please note that I limit my instruction in first-year physics to linear collisions only, but the simulation handles 2D collisions just fine.Materials needed: PhET websiteFreely editable Google Doc!Older PDF version is included in the G-Drive directory.KEY INCLUDED in G-Drive directory. Feel free to edit as needed and share with your stu
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: All Bires' Physics Resources EDITABLE, *Key Included* w/ pdfs
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Reactants, Products and Leftovers
Your students will have fun combining food and chemistry. But will they have enough of each ingredient to make the number of sandwiches they want? Which one of the ingredients will run out first and which will be left over? In this PhET simulation your students will get to make their own sandwiches while learning about reactants, products and leftovers. They will use one of the excellent online simulations from PhET Interactive Simulations. The simulation is called Reactants, Products and Leftov
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Growing Bundle: PhET Simulations Online Physics and Chemistry Labs
Currents & Circuits 2 PhET Lab | Complete Interactive Virtual Lab Guide with Key
This PhET Lab guide can be completed digitally as an interactive handout with drag and drop elements or printed. Students are instructed how to build a baseline circuit to compare it to a tester circuit. Then, use the PhET simulation and lab guide to set up their circuits to answer the 4 testable questions provided: "How does [voltage, length of wire, type of material & wire diameter] affect the strength of electric current?" (NGSS PS2-3) Ask questions about data to determine the factors tha
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7th - 10th
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NGSS:
HS-PS3-2
, MS-PS2-3
, MS-PS3-2
, HS-PS3-1
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Projectile Motion
Using the PhET Projectile Motion simulation your students will perform several different experiments to investigate the motion of objects undergoing two-dimensional projectile motion. These investigations will include how the velocity and acceleration change in the x-direction and y-direction during the flight of the object and how the launch angle and mass of the object affect its range, maximum height and time of flight of the object. This web-based lab activity is available as a PDF file that
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Kinematics Bundle No. 4: Projectile Motion
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