AtomTouch is a molecular simulation app, created through a partnership between UW MRSEC and Field Day Lab, that allows learners to explore principles of thermodynamics and molecular dynamics in a tactile, exploratory way.

Students evaluate data and models to decide how matter and energy was or was not conserved.

The project is called "Chemistry and Cooking" and it will last about 6 weeks. Students will learn about what matter is, the phases of matter, the difference between physical and chemical properties, as well as physical and chemical changes. The project’s Driving Question, which focuses our work, is “How does an understanding of chemistry impact your cooking?” Students will be involved in hands-on activities and labs that will help them learn the concepts that they will then apply to their final project. The child will work independently on a recipe of their choice to show their understanding of how chemistry impacts cooking.

Used as a formative or summative assessment, students create their own way of modeling carbon dioxide.

Molecular Workbench (MW) is powerful, award-winning software that provides visual, interactive computational experiments for teaching and learning science. These simulations are HTML5 and work well on non-java based platforms.

This collection combines original content from OpenSciEd Unit 7.1: Chemical Reactions and Matter and teacher-developed slides and lessons and student note templates for lessons 1 thorugh 6