Trying to learn through diffusion rather than simply studying the material rarely works for scholars. This simulation helps make learning diffusion fun. Pupils add a drop of dye to water and observe the diffusion as the molecules bounce together.

Concepts

diffusion, liquids, molecular motion

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the simulation when teaching molecular movements in liquids, diffusion, or mixtures
• Drop food coloring into water to help visualize the diffusion
• Extend the lesson by testing with different temperatures of water

Classroom Considerations

• Relies on prior knowledge of molecular energy

Pros

• Translates into four total languages
• Includes the option to trace a random molecule and note the path

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.6.2 SL.7.2 SL.8.2 SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2