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1. Context Rich Problems Online Archives: Conservation of Energy and Heat Problems

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Authors:: University of Minnesota Physics Education Research Group; Heller, Ken; Heller, Patricia
Main Level:: Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:: Thermo & Stat Mech / General; Classical Mechanics / General; Thermo & Stat Mech / Thermal Properties of Matter / Density; Thermo & Stat Mech / Thermal Properties of Matter / Temperature; Thermo & Stat Mech / First Law / Heat Capacity; Thermo & Stat Mech / First Law / Thermal Equilibrium; Thermo & Stat Mech / First Law / Heat Transfer; Education Practices / Active Learning / Cooperative Learning; Education Practices / Active Learning / Problem Solving

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This page provides a set of context-rich physics problems relating to introductory thermodynamics. Each context-rich problem is based on a real-world situation, and includes both…

http://groups.physics.umn.edu/physed/Research/CRP/on-lineArchive/crceh.h...

2. Physics Suite Peer Instruction Problems: Heat & Temperature

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Author:: Redish, Edward F.
Main Level:: Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:: Thermo & Stat Mech / Thermal Properties of Matter; Thermo & Stat Mech / Thermal Properties of Matter / Temperature; Thermo & Stat Mech / First Law / Thermal Equilibrium; Education Practices / Active Learning / Cooperative Learning; Education Practices / Active Learning / Peer Instruction; Education Practices / Technology / Audience Response

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This website contains a series of peer instruction problems on heat and temperature, designed to be solved in a classroom setting. The problems are presented with a qualitative…

http://www.physics.umd.edu/perg/role/PIProbs/HT.htm

3. Indiana University Southeast Physics Applets: Ideal Otto Engine Simulation

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Author:: Forinash, Kyle
Main Level:: Lower Undergraduate
Subject:: Thermo & Stat Mech / Second and Third Law / Heat Engines

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This item is a simulation of an ideal Otto engine. The page explains the cycles of the engine and the applet shows its cycles alongside a pressure vs. volume or temperature vs.…

http://homepages.ius.edu/kforinas/physlets/thermo/Otto.html

4. Indiana University Southeast Physics Applets: Two Dimensional Diatomic Model Simulation

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Author:: Forinash, Kyle
Main Level:: Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:: Thermo & Stat Mech / First Law / Thermal Equilibrium; Thermo & Stat Mech / Ensembles

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This item is a simulation on the movement and energy of a diatomic molecule made up of two atoms with a mass ratio of 1:4. Students can observe the kinetic energy in both atoms, as…

http://homepages.ius.edu/kforinas/physlets/thermo/diatomicA.html

5. Boston University Physics Applets: P-V Diagram for a Refrigerator

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Author:: Duffy, Andrew
Main Level:: Lower Undergraduate
Subject:: Thermo & Stat Mech / Second and Third Law / Refrigerators

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This web page is an interactive physics simulation on the cycles a refrigerator goes through. The user can see that this cycle requires work to move heat, as compared to an engine…

http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c28_cooling_PVdiagram.html

6. Boston University Physics Applets: Cyclic Processes

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Author:: Duffy, Andrew
Main Level:: Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:: Thermo & Stat Mech / Second and Third Law; Thermo & Stat Mech / Second and Third Law / Heat Engines; Thermo & Stat Mech / Second and Third Law / Refrigerators

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This web page is an interactive physics simulation on cyclic processes. The user can put an engine through four steps, returning it to its original conditions. The work done by the…

http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c27_process_cycle_sim.html

7. Boston University Physics Applets: Adiabatic Processes

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Author:: Duffy, Andrew
Main Level:: Lower Undergraduate
Subject:: Thermo & Stat Mech / First Law / Adiabatic Processes

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This web page is an interactive physics simulation on adiabatic compression and expansion. The page displays a simulation of gas particles in a container, and a pressure versus…

http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c27_process_adiabatic_sim.html

8. David Maloney's Physics Examples: Dynamics Example 2-Acceleration in a Pulley System

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Author:: Maloney, David
Main Level:: Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:: Classical Mechanics / Newton's Second Law / Force, Acceleration; Thermo & Stat Mech / First Law

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This is an annotated homework problem involving an ideal gas contained in a cylinder with a movable piston. The author provides explicit explanation of isothermal, adiabatic,…

http://users.ipfw.edu/maloney/thermoex3.html

10. David Maloney's Physics Examples: Thermo Example 1-Specific Heat

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Author:: Maloney, David
Main Level:: Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:: Thermo & Stat Mech / Thermal Properties of Matter / Temperature; Thermo & Stat Mech / First Law / Heat Capacity

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This item is an annotated homework problem relating to thermodynamics for introductory physics students. The author provides explicit explanations of the steps required to find the…

http://users.ipfw.edu/maloney/thermoex1.html

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