Provides additional information, experiments and problems on concepts presented in the video programs.
Grade levels: Adult
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Equilibrium, Acids and Bases in Chemical Changes – Resource Correlation Guide
Provides additional information, experiments and problems on concepts presented in the video programs.
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Introduction to Thermochemical Changes
An overview of thermochemical changes as it relates to physical, chemical and nuclear changes. Defines and applies the First Law of Thermodynamics, and explains the terms endothermic and exothermic. Introduces the concept that energy can be measured.
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Specific Heat Capacity and Calorimetry
Duplicates Joule’s experiment to show how he determined specific heat capacity of water. Explains the heat released by one substance equals the heat absorbed by another and specific heat of different substances can be determined using calorimetry.
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Practical Applications of Calorimetry
Shows how the energy content of food can be determined using calorimetry. Defines specific heat capacity and heat capacity. Students design and build a calorimeter and perform an experiment to determine the energy content of a peanut.
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Kinetic and Potential Energy Changes to States of Matter
Graphs are generated to illustrate kinetic and potential energy changes to states of matter. Molecular animation further illustrates this concept. Defines molar enthalpy terms for phase changes and discusses real-life applications.
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Molar Enthalpy of Solution
Explains how energy released by one substance equals energy absorbed by another. Calorimetry experiments show the amount of energy transferred when hot water is added to cold. Experiments determine molar heats of endothermic and exothermic reactions.
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The Enthalpy of Phase Changes
Determines the molar enthalpy of a phase change by assuming that kinetic and potential energy changes of a substance undergoing a temperature and phase change are equal to kinetic energy of the calorimeter.
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A Letter To Harvey Milk
A Gemini-award winning monologue about Harvey Milk, the San Francisco city councillor and gay rights activist slain in 1978. Starring Peter Boretski.
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Dr. Teller’s Very Large Bomb
A historical documentary that tells the dynamic story of Edward Teller, the Manhattan Project lead physicist who was already obsessively working on inventing the Hydrogen Bomb while everyone else at Los Alamos was trying to complete the atom bomb project. Teller was directly or indirectly responsible for much of the Cold War and armaments race that followed World War II, and continued to influence government policy all the way up to the Strategic Missile Initiative (Star Wars), an idea he first whispered in Ronald Reagan’s ear back in 1983, and which continues to affect us today. Includes exclusive never-before-seen interviews with Dr.Teller.