Thermodynamics and Molecular Energy Lab

Students identify a metal by calorimetry, test molecular speeds, check the first law and predict spontaneity.

Grades 11–12Virtual lab · 5 stations1 student per deviceNo student loginsWorks offline

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Grade level

Grades 11–12: Quantitative thermodynamics with ideal-gas processes, Maxwell–Boltzmann data and ΔG° = ΔH° − TΔS°

What students practice

Calorimetry and specific heat, Maxwell–Boltzmann speeds and temperature, first law and P–V work, heating curves and latent heat, Gibbs free energy, enthalpy and entropy

Standards

NGSS: HS-PS1-4 · HS-PS3-1 · HS-PS3-2 · HS-PS3-4

How it works

Open the game file in any web browser: Chromebooks, laptops or your smartboard. No accounts, no student logins and no internet needed once it's downloaded.
Each student types their name on the Start page, then works through the stations in order. Each station has a prediction, a hands-on activity, a data table or log that fills in as they work and a check question.
Students finish with a printable lab report (print or save as PDF). The Teacher Notes include the standards, a full answer key and a reset button for shared devices.
Each purchase includes the lab file and a one-page Quick Start guide.