PhET Concentration Activity Guide

The PhET: Concentration Activity Guide is used along with the free *Next Generation PhET Simulation “Concentration”. Students will experiment to discover:

the relationship between the amount of solute and the concentration of a solution.
how changes in concentration affects the color of a solution.
how dilution changes the concentration of a solution.
how to predict how dilution affects the concentration of a solution .
how to predict how evaporation affects the concentration of a solution.
design an experiment to create a solution with a specific concentration.
design an experiment to change the concentration of a solution to a different value.
identify a formula to calculate the concentration of a solution after dilution.
identify when a solution is saturated and how dilution, evaporation, and amount of solute will change the solutions concentration.

Your students will hit the ground running without the need for a lengthy introduction from you. Just print the activity guide or share from your Google Drive. Students can follow the link to the free simulation. The best part is that students don’t even know they are learning, they just think they are having fun!

The activity guide includes PDF and Google Doc versions for printing worksheets or sharing via Google Drive or Google Classroom. This lesson is perfect for face to face, hybrid, or remote learning!

This product includes the Activity Guide in color (pdf), Activity Guide for photocopying (pdf), Activity Guide (Google Doc), Answer Key, and a Getting Started Guide for teachers.

*PhET simulations are fun, interactive, research-based simulations of physical phenomena. As students interact with the simulation, they get immediate feedback about the affects of the changes they made. All PhET simulations are freely available from the PhET website (phet.colorado.edu) and are easy to use and incorporate into the classroom. The new Next Generation sims utilize HTML 5 which allows them to run in any modern web browser on most devices including Chromebooks and tablets like the iPad! Learn more about using PhET Simulations with your students.