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    Modeling Friction (Inquiry Based)
      
    
    
    
     
    
    
    
    
    
      
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          Title
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        Modeling Friction (Inquiry Based) | 
      
      
        
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            Description
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          Learning Goal: Students will be able to describe a model for friction a molecular level. | 
        
      
      
        
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            Subject
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          Physics | 
        
      
      
        
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            Level
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          High School | 
        
      
      
        
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            Type
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          Demonstration | 
        
      
      
        
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            Duration
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          30 minutes | 
        
      
      
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          Answers Included
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        No | 
      
      
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          Language
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        English | 
      
      
        
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            Keywords
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          Energy, Work, molecule, phet activity | 
        
      
      
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          Simulation(s)
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        Friction (HTML5), Friction | 
      
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
      
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          Author(s)
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        Trish Loeblein | 
      
      
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          Contact Email
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        patricia.loeblein@colorado.edu | 
      
      
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          School / Organization
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        PhET CU Boulder | 
      
      
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          Date submitted
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        11/3/05 | 
      
      
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          Date updated
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        5/27/15 |