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Phase Changes: Exploring Physical Properties of Matter C11-1-04 Thanks to Mel Freisen Section A: General description for educators: In this simulation students are provided with a beaker of water holding a thermometer. Below the beaker is a running reading of the temperature of the water, as well as the (varying) amounts of water and ice present. Students are provided with controls to alter the initial water temperature, the amount of ice present and the altitude of the beaker. Once the initial conditions have been set, students can activate the simulation to observe what happens in the beaker at a macroscopic or microscopic level and also observe its changes in a “Temperature versus Time” graph. Students have the option of changing the heat energy that is added or removed from the beaker by adding flame or ice to the system. Although this simulation does lend itself well to independent student-exploration, teachers can manage this activity by providing their students with a guided learning activity (activity hand-out) and then allowing their students to work through the sheet in pairs. Theoretical Justification for Selecting Simulation: To determine whether I thought this was an appropriate educational simulation, I evaluated it with several criteria. The first evaluative “rubric” that I utilized is taken from the chapter “Learning with Technology” in the book Learning with Technology: A Constructivist Perspective (Jonassen, D.H. et al., 1999). It lists attributes of teaching strategies that are necessary to make learning meaningful for the student: active, authentic, intentional, constructive and cooperative. The chosen simulation, Phase Changes, is very interactive—for anything interesting to happen, the student must manipulate the settings and then observe any changes that occur in the beaker and the corresponding graph. It is explicit and intentional about what it wants to help students learn. It provides a macroscopic and microscopic viewpoint to