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Ideal Gas Law Activity

Title	Ideal Gas Law Activity
Description	This activity investigates the relationship between pressure, volume, temperature, and number of moles for an ideal gas. This activity should be done before the ideal gas law is presented in class. Part of the activity asks students to explain how volume, temperature, and number of moles affect pressure qualitatively (by observing and discussing collisions of molecules with the walls). The activity also requires students to collect data and then to graph that data (either by hand or using graphing calculators or software.)
Subject	Physics
Level	High School
Type	Lab
Duration	60 minutes
Answers Included	No
Language	English
Keywords	Gases, Liquids, Solids
Simulation(s)	Gas Properties

Author(s)	Bob Shurtz, Generoso DePascale
Contact Email	rshur@hawken.edu
School / Organization	Hawken School
Date submitted	7/23/06
Date updated	9/18/07