Modeling the Movement of Particles Using Scratch
by Timothy Malan
Students observe particle movement for solids, liquids, and gases. They then write Pseudocode for coding particle behavior and then they code particle movement on Scratch for the three states/phases of matter listed above.
Lesson Plan Link/URL
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1eMgyjURcKOU9ZgoU2JwEF0pUERj-IxRL/edit?u…Related Content
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