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Understanding Boiling Point Project Overview This RWLO is structured to be incorporated into a lesson plan that discusses the relationship between the states of matter: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma and the conditions that result from a change of state (phase). The plasma phase will not be discussed here because the high temperature-pressure conditions responsible for its existence are not readily attainable. Specific attention will be given to the system conditions represented by each segment observed in a heating curve for a pure substance. The discussion will include the definition and system conditions of the temperature at which the (s ( l) and (l ( g) equilibrium occurs. Water will be used as the specific example. Raw data abstracted from CIESE’s International Boiling Point Project, will be used to investigate the relationship between the boiling point of water and altitude. Students will be required to graph and analyze this data to determine trends and relationships between these two variables. Students will be asked to write a hypothesis describing the plausible relationship between boiling point with any other measurable variable. This RWLO assumes that students have previously developed an understanding of the four states of matter, including all associated physical characteristics. It is assumed that students are experienced in graphing raw data using a software program such as Microsoft Excel(.  Student Learning Objectives Students will work in a collaborative group to construct a temperature measuring device which can be used to measure the temperature change of water as a function of time spent on a constant heat source. Students will also obtain the boiling point of water. Students will construct a portion of the heating curve for water and label the segments making up the heating curve and explain how energy is being converted in each segment. Students will be able to explain the phenomena of boiling. Students will resear