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Getting the classroom molecules excited

February 08, 2010

In almost every science subject, a heat source is a necessary component of experiments. However, Ms. Spoth's classroom lacks anything that can heat up a substance, and this lack of a visual medium for her students is affecting their ability to grasp important concepts, especially in my thermodynamics unit in physics.

Adding hot plates to the resources in the classroom would greatly improve their understanding of science concepts. Being able to see condensation and evaporation occur instead of just seeing pictures, or being able to see a liquid turn from a solid to a liquid to gas or being able to see currents in a heated liquid would add a whole new dimension to the way they understand how the world works.

Ms. Spoth turned to Donors Choose to get seven hot plates for her classroom. Within a few short weeks, her classroom became equipped with the hotplates and her her students began developing a greater understanding of science and more importantly, will give them a visual medium for observing the basic concepts of thermodynamics.

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