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    States of Matter Basics
      
    
    
    
     
    
    
    
    
    
      
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          Title
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        States of Matter Basics | 
      
      
        
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            Description
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          This activity is inquiry based for students who already have an introduction to the Kinetic Molecular Theory. My students have already done a KMT activity the year before (http://phet.colorado.edu/en/contributions/view/2816). | 
        
      
      
        
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            Subject
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          Chemistry | 
        
      
      
        
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            Level
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          High School, Middle School | 
        
      
      
        
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            Type
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          Demonstration, Lab | 
        
      
      
        
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            Duration
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          60 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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          kinetic, matter, particle model, phet, polar, van der waal | 
        
      
      
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          Simulation(s)
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        States of Matter: Basics (HTML5), States of Matter: Basics | 
      
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
      
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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 | 
      
      
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          Date submitted
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        1/16/12 | 
      
      
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          Date updated
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        12/28/16 |