Microwaves

Microwaves Screenshot
  • Microwaves
  • Heat
  • Thermodynamics
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Topics

  • Microwaves
  • Heat
  • Thermodynamics
  • Molecules

Description

How do microwaves heat up your coffee? Adjust the frequency and amplitude of microwaves. Watch water molecules rotating and bouncing around. View the microwave field as a wave, a single line of vectors, or the entire field.

Sample Learning Goals

  • Describe matter in terms of molecular motion. The description should include diagrams to support the description and how temperature affects the image.
Version 1.05

Teacher Tips

Download teacher tips PDF Overview of sim controls, model simplifications, and insights into student thinking ( PDF ).

Teacher-Submitted Activities

Visualization and Visual Illusions SIM Homework A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. This contribution was designed by PhET. Kathy Perkins, Carl Wieman UG-Intro HW Physics
Moving Molecules A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. Sarah Borenstein MS Lab
How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? This contribution was designed by PhET. Sarah Borenstein MS Other Biology
Physics
Earth Science
Chemistry
Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS This contribution was designed by PhET. Trish Loeblein updated by Diana López HS
MS
Other Chemistry
Earth Science
Physics
Biology
PhET Sims Aligned to the Chemistry Curriculum This contribution was designed by PhET. Julia Chamberlain HS
UG-Intro
Other Chemistry
Microwaves Simulation Activity This contribution was designed by PhET. Kathy Perkins, Carl Wieman HS
UG-Intro
Demo
CQs
Physics
Microwaves Simulation Homework This contribution was designed by PhET. Kathy Perkins, Carl Wieman UG-Intro
HS
HW Physics
Mapping of PhET and IBDP Physics Jaya Ramchandani HS Other Physics
MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment Elyse Zimmer MS
HS
Other Chemistry
Physics
Biology
Kinetic Molecular Theory Amy Jordan HS Lab Physics
Microwaves Sarah Borenstein MS Lab
CQs
Chemistry
Astronomy
마이크로파 SIM 사용지침서 이화국(Wha Kuk Lee) MS
HS
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Demo
Chemistry
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Design Team Third-party Libraries Thanks To
  • Wendy Adams
  • Ron LeMaster (developer)
  • Kathy Perkins
  • Carl Wieman
  • Interviewer: Wendy Adams