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  • Favorite Demonstration: Visual Aid to Demonstrate Change of State and Gas Pressure With Temperature

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    The visual aid described in this article is designed to demonstrate the change in state of matter with the change of temperature and the change of pressure with temperature.

  • Case Study: Cooking Under Pressure—Applying the Ideal Gas Law in the Kitchen

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    This case study uses a daily cooking scenario to demonstrate how the boiling point of water is directly related to the external pressures in order to reinforce the concepts of boiling and boiling point, apply ideal gas…

  • Tired and True: Message in a bottle—Analyzing reaction rates using gas pressure sensors

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    One of the many ways to engage students in science is by using probes or computerized devices that respond in real time to changes. In the following learning cycle lesson, an after-school science and mathematics club…

  • Feeling the Pressure

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  • Research and Teaching: Toward Interdisciplinary Perspectives: Using Osmotic Pressure as an Example for Analyzing Textbook Explanations

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    Despite the increasing interests and practices in interdisciplinary science education, little research has been documented to develop effective assessments targeting students' interdisciplinary learning. In response to…

  • Cooking Under Pressure

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  • Vernier Turns Up The Pressure with the new Pressure Sensor 400

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    The new Vernier Pressure Sensor 400 is one small step up in price, but one giant leap in performance. With an exceptional operational temperature range, and secure metal fittings makes the Vernier Pressure Sensor…

  • PASCO Wireless Pressure Sensor

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    Introduction: The PASCO Wireless Pressure sensor is easy to use and connects via Bluetooth to the user’s cell phone or to another electronic device, e.g., IPad. The sensor has a range of 0-400 kilopascals (kPa)- with…

  • Go Direct® Gas Pressure Sensor

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    Introduction The Go Direct Gas Pressure Sensor is used to monitor pressure changes during gas-law experiments. Subsequently, science teachers can use it for graphical analysis and integrate its use in both mathematics…

  • Official NSTA Vendor List

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    Official NSTA Vendor List NSTA has noticed or been made aware of a number of companies that have made contact with our exhibitors, trying to pass themselves off as official vendors of NSTA. This is an attempt to scam companies out of money for services they may need when exhibiting at an NSTA conference. For reference,…

  • Ed News: ESSA Pressures States To Assure All Students Have Good Teachers

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    This week in education news, Wyoming and Idaho pass laws mandating schools to offer computer science classes; March for Science taking place April 14; NAEP scores in math and reading remain relatively flat; blind and…

  • Autism

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    Autism According to the Council for Exceptional Children, autism is a “spectrum disorder within a group of developmental disabilities defined by significant impairments in social interaction and communication, and by the presence of unusual behaviors and interests,” such as repetitive and stereotypic…

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