Students as Solids, Liquids, and Gases

P. Ramasami
126 Royal Road, Le Hochet, Terre Rouge, Mauritius
J. Chem. Educ., 2000, 77 (4), p 485
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p485
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2000

Abstract

An analogy to solids, liquids, and gases is given for beginning students. It uses the locations and friendships of the students themselves as particles and relates these to the positions and intermolecular forces among the particles in the three states of matter.

Keywords (Audience):

High School / Introductory Chemistry

Keywords (Feature):

Applications and Analogies

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Analogies / Transfer

Keywords (Subject):

Noncovalent Interactions
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