What’s in the Bubbles?

by: Page Keeley, Francis Eberle, and Joyce Tugel

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about particles during a change in state. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that the bubbles formed when water boils are the result of liquid water changing into water vapor. This free selection also includes the Table of Contents, Foreword, Preface, and Index.

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