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Wanted to share our new year resolution with you. We will be sending you, at the beginning of the month, the list of what to expect in the month on prepmagic.com. This will be our commitment to you.In this month, we will be adding interactive simulations on acids and bases, solutions, gases, and energy in Chemistry. In Biology, we will have heredity, life functions, and ecosystems. Physics will see electrostatics and momentum. Check out our detailed list for January below.
CHEMISTRY
Solutions
Moles & Molarity - Series of interactives demonstrating:
- Concept of a mole and how it relates to atomic mass
- Molarity of a solution, based on moles of solute and volume of solvent
- Diluting a solution
NGSS: SEP - Developing and using models, SEP - Planning and carrying out investigations, SEP - Analyzing and Interpreting Data, CCC - Cause and effect, CCC - Scale, proportion, and quantity, PS1 - Matter and its interactions.
Acids & Bases
Acid-Base Titration - Series of interactives on
- Acid-base titration for exploring reaction between acids and bases, based on strength, molarity and pH value.
NGSS: SEP - Developing and using models, SEP - Planning and carrying out investigations, SEP - Analyzing and Interpreting Data, CCC - Cause and effect, CCC - Scale, proportion, and quantity, PS1 - Matter and its interactions.
Gases
Gas Laws - Series of interactives demonstrating
- behavior of gases and the relationship between pressure, volume and temperature using Boyle’s Law, Charles’ Law and the ideal gas equation.
NGSS: SEP - Developing and using models, SEP - Planning and carrying out investigations, SEP - Analyzing and Interpreting Data, CCC - Cause and effect, CCC - Scale, proportion, and quantity, CCC - Energy and matter, PS1 - Matter and its interactions
Energy
Heating, Temperature & Phase Change - Interactives to
- investigate the process of heating and phase change using heating curves and to understand the concept of specific heat capacity and molar heat of fusion and vaporization.
Calorimetry - Series of interactives involving
- use of calorimeter to monitor energy changes due to specific heat, molar heat of fusion and vaporization, heat of solution and to measure energy content of common food items.
NGSS: SEP - Developing and using models, SEP - Planning and carrying out investigations, SEP - Analyzing and Interpreting Data, CCC - Cause and effect, CCC - Scale, proportion, and quantity, CCC - Energy and matter, PS1 - Matter and its interactions, PS3 - Energy.
BIOLOGY
Life Functions
Homeostasis - Interactives investigating
- regulation of body temperature exhibited by endotherms, ectotherms and homeotherms.
NGSS: SEP - Developing and using models, SEP - Planning and carrying out investigations, SEP - Analyzing and Interpreting Data, CCC - Cause and effect, CCC - Structure and function, CCC - Stability and change, LS1 - From molecules to organisms: Structures and processes
Heredity
Mendelian Inheritance - Interactives exploring
- inheritance patterns based on Mendel's laws of heredity.
NGSS: SEP - Developing and using models, SEP - Planning and carrying out investigations, SEP - Analyzing and Interpreting Data, CCC - Patterns, CCC - Cause and effect, LS3 - Heredity: Inheritance and variation of traits.
Ecosystem
Population Growth - Interactives to interpret
- a population growth curve and understand the carrying capacity of populations.
NGSS: SEP - Developing and using models, SEP - Planning and carrying out investigations, SEP - Analyzing and Interpreting Data, CCC - Patterns, CCC - Cause and effect, CCC - Stability and change, LS2 - Ecosystems: Interactions, energy, and dynamics.
PHYSICS
Electrostatics
Coulomb's Law - Series of interactives demonstrating that
- electrostatic force between two point charges is a function of their magnitudes and the distance separating the two, as given by Coulomb's Law.
NGSS: SEP - Developing and using models, SEP - Planning and carrying out investigations, SEP - Analyzing and Interpreting Data, CCC - Cause and effect, CCC - Scale, proportion, and quantity, PS2 - Motion and stability: Forces and interactions.
Momentum
Elastic Collisions - Interactives showing that
- linear momentum is the product of mass and velocity, and is conserved during an elastic collision along with the conservation of kinetic energy.
NGSS: SEP - Developing and using models, SEP - Planning and carrying out investigations, SEP - Analyzing and Interpreting Data, CCC - Patterns, CCC - Cause and effect, CCC - Stability and change, PS2 - Motion and stability: Forces and interactions.