Model of Air Inside a Jar

by: Page Keeley and Susan Cooper

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the particle model of matter. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that air is made up of particles that are widely spaced with empty space between the particles.

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