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===== Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics Activities =====

  * See a [[:courses:start|sample syllabus]] of how we order these materials.
  * Tips on how to [[sequences:sm|sequence activities]] with lecture and class discussion.

=== Labs ===

  * [[courses:activities:eeact:eeice|
	Ice calorimetry lab]]
  * [[courses:activities:eeact:eemeltingice|
	Melting ice lab]]
  * [[courses:activities:eeact:eerubberband|
	Rubber band lab]]


=== Small group activities ===

  * [[courses:activities:eeact:eenametheexperiment|
	Name the Experiment, Introduction]]
  * [[courses:activities:eeact:eenametheexperiment2|
	Name the Experiment: Changing Entropy]]
  * [[courses:activities:eeact:eenametheexperiment3|
	Name the Experiment: Maxwell Relations]] 
  * [[courses:activities:eeact:eenametheexperiment4|
	Name the Experiment: More Maxwell Relations]]
  * [[courses:activities:inact:inconstantuvlines|
	Constant lines of U and V]]
  * [[courses:activities:inact:intotaldiff|
	Calculating a Total Differential]]
  * [[courses:activities:inact:inisobulkmod|
	The Isothermal Bulk Modulus]]
  * [[courses:activities:inact:inlegendre|
	Introducing Legendre Transform]] 
  * [[courses:activities:eeact:eecompsyssurr|
	Comparing System and Surroundings]] 
  * [[courses:activities:eeact:eethermoterms|
	Comparing Thermodynamic Terms]]
  * [[courses:activities:eeact:eeworkexamples|
	Is Work Done on or by the System?]]
  * [[courses:activities:eeact:eepvplots|
	Using $pV$ and $TS$ Plots]]
  * [[courses:activities:eeact:eebigmoney|
	Making Big Money ]]
  * [[courses:activities:eeact:eethermopartials|
	Thermodynamic Partials]]
  * [[courses:activities:eeact:eesimplecycle|
	Analyzing a Simple Cycle using a $pV$ Curve]]
  * [[courses:activities:eeact:eesomeneverall|
	Always, Sometimes, or Never True]]
  * [[courses:activities:eeact:eedissolvesalt|
	Temperature Change of Dissolving Salt]]
  * [[courses:activities:eeact:eebbobjects|
	Two Interacting Black Body Objects]]
  * [[courses:activities:eeact:eeapply2ndlaw|
	Applying the Second Law]] 
  * [[courses:activities:eeact:eecombineprob|
	Combining Probabilities]]
  * [[courses:activities:eeact:eefairextens|
	Demonstrating Extensivity in the Fairness Function]]
  * [[courses:activities:eeact:eemaxlagrange|
	Maximizing the Lagrangian]]
  * [[courses:activities:eeact:eesolvefair|
	Solve for the Fairness Function]]
  * [[courses:activities:eeact:eemicrocanonens|
	Entropy of a Microcanonical Ensemble]]
  * [[courses:activities:eeact:eeudiatomicidealgas|
	Calculating the Internal Energy of a Diatomic Ideal Gas]]

=== Kinesthetic activities ===

  * [[courses:activities:eeact:eedicelab|
	Students as molecules dice activity]]

=== Whole class activities ===

  * [[courses:activities:eeact:eepretest|
	Thermodynamics Pre-test]]
  * [[courses:activities:inact:inhelmholtz|
	Helmholtz free energy expressions]]
  * [[courses:activities:eeact:eefree_expansion|
	Free expansion quiz and discussion]]
  * [[courses:activities:inact:innamingvar|
	Naming Thermodynamic Variables]]
  * [[courses:activities:inact:infindconjpairs|
	Finding Conjugate Pairs]]
  * [[courses:activities:inact:infindintextvar|
	Finding Intensive and Extensive Variables]]