Classroom Resources: Gases

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  • Entropy, Kinetic Molecular Theory, Molecular Motion, Intermolecular Forces, Density, Volume | High School

    Activity: Connecting States to Entropy Mark as Favorite (14 Favorites)

    In this activity, students use blocks to model different states of matter and the Kinetic Molecular Theory to understand the concept of entropy. This is a concept mandated by SAT level or AP level high school chemistry class.

  • Exothermic & Endothermic, Law of Conservation of Energy, Heat, Temperature | High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Activity: Endothermic & Exothermic Reactions Mark as Favorite (17 Favorites)

    In this activity, students observe industrial-strength snap sticks and chemical cold packs and discuss processes of endothermic and exothermic reactions.

  • Partial Pressure, Gas Laws, Ideal Gas, Molar Mass, Pressure, Measurements, Error Analysis | High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Lab: Determination of the Molar Mass of Butane Mark as Favorite (7 Favorites)

    In this lab, students will experimentally determine the molar mass of a gas, specifically butane (C4H10), by collection over water. This experiment is an inquiry based experiment for 2nd year chemistry or AP chemistry students who have previously collected an insoluble gas.

  • Gas Laws, Percent Yield, Stoichiometry, Dimensional Analysis, Measurements, Error Analysis | High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Lab: Ideal Gas Law Mark as Favorite (68 Favorites)

    In this lab, students use the reaction of an antacid table with water to inflate a balloon. They then use the ideal gas law to determine the number of moles of gas produced by the reaction.

  • Gas Laws, Stoichiometry | High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Lab: Carbonate Identification Mark as Favorite (34 Favorites)

    In this lab students use gas laws and stoichiometry, along with some balloons and simple measuring tools, to identify a metal carbonate from a short list of possibilities.

  • Percent Composition, Ideal Gas | High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Lesson Plan: Investigating Popcorn with the Ideal Gas Law Mark as Favorite (34 Favorites)

    In this lab, students will collect data to determine the pressure inside a popcorn kernel when it pops using the Ideal Gas Law. They will also calculate the percentage of water present in the average popcorn kernel. This resource includes two versions of the student activity, traditional and inquiry.

  • Gas Laws, Ideal Gas, Volume, Temperature, Pressure, Kinetic Molecular Theory, Density, Graphing, Density, Chemical Change, Stoichiometry, Balancing Equations, Chemical Change, Dimensional Analysis | High School

    Lesson Plan: The Gas Laws Unit Plan Mark as Favorite (97 Favorites)

    The AACT high school classroom resource library and multimedia collection has everything you need to put together a unit plan for your classroom: lessons, activities, labs, projects, videos, simulations, and animations. We constructed a unit plan using AACT resources that is designed to teach the Gas Laws to your students.

  • Pressure, SI Units, Dimensional Analysis | High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Lab: Investigating the Power of Air Pressure Mark as Favorite (3 Favorites)

    In this lab, students will investigate air pressure through several short experiments. They will become more familiar with the concept of air pressure and its corresponding units of measurement. Students will be challenged to interpret their observations through modeling particle diagrams.

  • pH, Temperature, Establishing Equilibrium | High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Lesson Plan: Acidic Seas Emergency Lesson Mark as Favorite (19 Favorites)

    In this lesson, students will learn about the pH scale, weak acids, gases, equilibrium, and climate change through reading the highly rated ChemMatters article, Acidic Seas: How Carbon Dioxide is Changing the Oceans. The lesson includes several activities to help promote literacy in the science classroom related to the reading. This lesson could be easily used as an emergency lesson plan for a substitute teacher, as most of the activities are self-guided.

  • Gas Laws, Kinetic Molecular Theory, Ideal Gas, Temperature, Volume, Pressure, Density, Density, Experimental Design, Scientific Method | High School, Middle School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Activity: Hot Air Balloon Mark as Favorite (44 Favorites)

    In this activity, students use their knowledge of Charles’ law to build a hot air balloon and evaluate its design.

  • Gas Laws, Pressure, Volume, Temperature, Kinetic Molecular Theory, Graphing | High School, Middle School

    Activity: Simulation Activity: Gas Laws Mark as Favorite (51 Favorites)

    In this simulation, students will investigate three of the fundamental gas laws, including Boyle’s Law, Charles’ Law and Gay-Lussac’s Law. Students will have the opportunity to visually examine the effect of changing the associated variables of pressure, volume, or temperature in each situation. Also, students will analyze the gas samples at the particle level as well as manipulate quantitative data in each scenario. Finally students will interpret trends in the data by examining the graph associated with each of the gas laws. This lesson accompanies the simulation from the November 2015 issue of Chemistry Solutions.

  • Gas Laws, Pressure, Volume, History | Middle School, High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Activity: Robert Boyle Video Questions Mark as Favorite (18 Favorites)

    In this activity, students will watch a video and answer questions about Robert Boyle. They will learn about his impact in chemistry, including Boyle’s Law which describes the relationship between pressure and volume of a gas.

  • Gas Laws, Volume, Temperature, Pressure | High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Activity: Modeling Gas Behavior Mark as Favorite (13 Favorites)

    In this activity, students will use models to predict behaviors of gas. They will conceptually and quantitatively solve problems, but the emphasis is put on the conceptual changes through modeling exercises.

  • Atomic Spectra, Electrons, Redox Reaction, Gas Laws, Temperature, Volume, Pressure | High School

    Lesson Plan: Fireworks Emergency Lesson Mark as Favorite (23 Favorites)

    In this lesson, students will learn about electron structure, spectroscopy, gas laws, redox reactions, thermochemistry, and safety through reading the highly rated ChemMatters article, Fireworks! The lesson includes several activities to help promote literacy in the science classroom related to the reading. This lesson could be easily used as an emergency lesson plan for a substitute teacher, as most of the activities are self-guided.

  • Renewable Energy, Conservation of Mass, Chemical Change, Volume, Pressure | Middle School, High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Lab: Power That Stinks Mark as Favorite (24 Favorites)

    In this lab, students will experiment with creating and capturing biogas, and have an opportunity to look at how energy is created from waste. They will explore the differences between non-renewable and renewable energy sources.

  • Temperature, History, Interdisciplinary, Chemical Change, Temperature, Heat | Middle School, High School

    Lab: Greenhouse Gas Simulation Mark as Favorite (34 Favorites)

    In this lab, students will create two simulations of the Earth’s atmosphere. They will compare a control model with a one that has an increased presence of carbon dioxide gas in order to analyze how this effects temperature. They will also complete research in order to learn more about the makeup of the Earth’s atmosphere.

  • Gas Laws, Volume, Temperature, Pressure | Middle School, High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Activity: Animation Activity: Gases Mark as Favorite (3 Favorites)

    In this activity, students will view an animation that explores how properties of gases (quantity, volume, temperature, and pressure) are related. This is done qualitatively through the balloon and bell jar scenarios. Quantitative relationships, with the corresponding laws, are summarized at the end.

  • Gas Laws, Pressure, Temperature, Volume, Kinetic Molecular Theory | Middle School, High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Animation: Gases Animation Mark as Favorite (44 Favorites)

    This animation explores how properties of gases (quantity, volume, temperature, and pressure) are related. This is done qualitatively through the balloon and bell jar scenarios. Quantitative relationships, with the corresponding laws, are summarized at the end. **This video has no audio**

  • Kinetic Molecular Theory, Pressure, Gas Laws, Volume, Temperature, SI Units, Molecular Motion | High School, Middle School

    Activity: Simulation Activity: Gas Law Variables Mark as Favorite (6 Favorites)

    In this simulation, students investigate variables of a gas. From the computer models, they can see how pressure, temperature, and volume effect gas behavior.

  • Combustion, Chemical Change, Chemical Change, Density, Kinetic Molecular Theory, Density | High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Demonstration: Liquid and Gas Burning Comparison Mark as Favorite (7 Favorites)

    In this demo, students will witness the burning of a substance in its gas and in its liquid states. They will carry out the demonstrations themselves, and compare the results of the two reactions.

  • Molecular Motion, Density, Physical Properties, Density, Gas Laws, Ideal Gas, Temperature, Pressure, Volume | Middle School, High School

    Simulation: Density Mark as Favorite (14 Favorites)

    The simulation for the September 2015 issue allows students to investigate the effect of changing variables on both the volume and the density of a solid, a liquid, and a gas sample. Students will analyze the different states of matter at the particle level as well as quantitatively.

  • Gas Laws | Middle School, High School

    Simulation: Gas Laws Simulation Mark as Favorite (81 Favorites)

    The simulation for the November 2015 issue allows students to investigate three of the fundamental gas laws, including Boyle’s Law, Charles’ Law and Gay-Lussac’s Law. Students will have the opportunity to visually examine the effect of changing the associated variables of pressure, volume, or temperature in each situation. Also, students will analyze the gas samples at the particle level as well as manipulate quantitative data in each scenario. Finally students will interpret trends in the data by examining the graph associated with each of the gas laws.

  • Gas Laws, Density, Temperature, Pressure, Volume | High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Lesson Plan: Gases Unit Plan Mark as Favorite (20 Favorites)

    In this lesson, students will investigate gases similar to how scientists learned about them “back in the day.” Students begin by investigating gas behavior, then they investigate gas density and use this to interpret Avogadro’s hypothesis that gases under the same conditions combine in simple whole number ratios.

  • Temperature, Temperature, Heat, Photosynthesis, Isotopes | High School

    Lesson Plan: Climate Change and the Keeling Curve Mark as Favorite (20 Favorites)

    In this lesson, students will learn about climate change through reading about research behind carbon dioxide emissions, which led to the development of the Keeling Curve. Isotopic tracing as well as photosynthesis are briefly touched on. There are a series of activities to help promote literacy in the science classroom related to the reading. This lesson could be easily used as plans for a substitute teacher, as most of the activities are self-guided.

  • Chemical Change, Combustion, Balancing Equations, Density, Specific Heat | High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Demonstration: Methane Bubble (Dragon Ball Z) Mark as Favorite (6 Favorites)

    In this demonstration, students will observe the combustion of a methane bubble. This exciting demonstration can be used as a dramatic and engaging introduction to the concepts of combustion reactions, chemical change, and balancing equations.

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