Classroom Resources: Gases

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

  Activity: Animation Activity: Gases

  In this activity, students will use an animation to visualize 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.

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

  Lab: Molar Mass of Butane

  In this lab, students will experimentally determine the molar mass of butane using Dalton’s law and the ideal gas law. They will also calculate the percent error and explain possible sources of error.

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

  Lab: Determination of the Molar Mass of Butane

  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.

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  Solubility, Temperature, Pressure, Concentration, Solute & Solvent | High School

  Demonstration: Exploring Gas Solubility

  In this demonstration, students will explore how changes in pressure and temperature affect the solubility of a gas in an aqueous solution. In addition, students will have the opportunity in a post-demonstration reflection activity to practice using data (in this case their demonstration observations) to make evidence based claims.

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  Gas Laws, Pressure, Volume | High School

  Lab: Deriving the Gas Laws

  In this lab, students will investigate the relationships of the variables related to gases. They will draw particle diagrams and derive equations to express these relationships. They will then combine these relationships to derive the combined gas law and the ideal gas law. Finally, they will use the molar volume of a gas at STP to derive the ideal gas constant, R.

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  Gas Laws, Pressure, Kinetic Molecular Theory, Volume | High School

  Demonstration: Inflate and Shrink Wrap a Student

  In this demonstration, students will observe two situations. First a student will be lifted off the desk as other students blow air into straws connected to a garbage bag in order to inflate it. Secondly, the class will observe a garbage bag shrink wrapping a student as a vacuum removes air from the bag.

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

  Activity: Robert Boyle Video Questions

  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.

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  Temperature, Pressure | Elementary School, Middle School

  Demonstration: EGGsperiment

  In this demonstration, students will learn how temperature change affects air pressure, while observing an egg getting sucked into a bottle without being touched!

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

  Video: Robert Boyle Video

  This video tells the story of Robert Boyle, a great chemist and discoverer of Boyle's Law, which describes the relationship between pressure and volume of a gas.

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

  Animation: Gases Animation

  In this animation, students will visualize how the quantity, volume, temperature, and pressure of a gas 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**

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

  Activity: Understanding Gas Laws

  In this activity, students use an online program to investigate gas laws.

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  Temperature, Gas Laws, Pressure, Volume | High School

  Lab: Three Station Gas Lab

  In this lab, students will investigate relationships of variables involved with gases. They will draw pictures and explain in words what they observe and why.

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  Pressure | Elementary School

  Demonstration: The Power of Air Pressure

  In this demonstration, students will learn to appreciate the power of air pressure.

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  Density, Temperature, Sublimation, Gas Laws, Density, Pressure, Phase Changes, Interdisciplinary, Physical Change, Mole Concept, Dimensional Analysis, Measurements, Ideal Gas, Volume | High School

  Demonstration: Ideal Gas Law using Carbon Dioxide

  In this demonstration, students observe dry ice sublime while the CO2 gas fills a balloon. They then calculate the moles and volume of CO2 produced.

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  Gas Laws, Pressure, Volume | Elementary School

  Lab: The Growing Marshmallow

  In this lab, students will investigate the relationship between volume and pressure of a gas, using a plastic syringe and a marshmallow.

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

  Lesson Plan: The Gas Laws Unit Plan

  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.

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

  Activity: Hot Air Balloon

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

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

  Lesson Plan: Gases Unit Plan

  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.

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  Temperature, Gas Laws, Pressure, Molecular Motion, Kinetic Molecular Theory, Intermolecular Forces, Volume | Middle School, High School

  Lab: Gas Pressure

  In this lab, students will understand what causes pressure in a container and the variables that affect pressure (volume, temperature, number of moles) by mimicking molecular motion of gases.

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

  Activity: Simulation Activity: Gas Laws

  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.

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

  Activity: Simulation Activity: Gas Law Variables

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

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  Density, Temperature, Density, Pressure, Measurements, Volume, Error Analysis, Error Analysis | High School

  Lab: Gas Density and Relative Molecular Mass

  In this lab, students will quantitatively determine the densities of four gases.

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  Chemical Change, Pressure, Conservation of Matter, Reaction Rate, Acid Base Reactions, Chemical Change | Elementary School, Middle School

  Lab: Rocket Challenge

  In this lab, students will have the opportunity to construct a rocket, with the challenges of both designing it and preparing a chemical reaction for its “fuel” in order to propel the rocket over the furthest distance. Students will investigate available materials, quantities and ratios during allotted planning and testing phases. Student will record their plans, modifications and designs during the process. The lab will culminate with a competition amongst students to see whose rocket will travel the longest distance.

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

  Lab: Exploring Gases

  In this lab, students will investigate the relationship between the variables of temperature, volume and pressure. Students will engage in three lab station activities that each demonstrate a particular gas law. Students will interpret the results, graph data points and relate given data sets to each of the three gas laws.

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  Observations, Density, Temperature, Gas Laws, Density, Pressure, Measurements, Matter, Volume, Graphing | Middle School, High School

  Lab: Pressure Bottle

  In this lab, students determine the relationship between volume and pressure of a gas and its temperature and address the common misconception that air does not have mass or density.