Activity Description of "Entropy Demo"
| Title | Entropy Demo |
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| Audience | Grades 9-12. Biology,Advanced Biology, Life Science, Integrated Science |
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| Abstract | This is an attention-grabbing introduction to cell energetics. Students participate in building and knocking down a tower of paper cups which represents an organized living system. An occasion for drama, snapshots, and humor, this activity helps students understand the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics vis-a-vis living systems: (1) Entropy is constantly increasing on average (2) Living systems are highly ordered (3) It takes energy and work to maintain organization. Also (4) information is needed to maintain an ordered state. |
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| Author | Katharine Noonan |
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| Email | AEKNoonan@aol.com |
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| Unifying Concept | Systems, order and organization |
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| Science and Technology | Understandings about science and technology |
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| Science as Inquiry | Understandings about scientific inquiry |
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| History and Nature of Science | |
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| Science in Personal and Social Perspectives | |
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| Life, Physical, Earth Sciences | The cell, Matter, energy and organization in living systems, Conservation of energy and increase of disorder |
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AEKNoonan@aol.com
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