Gases

Aims & Learning Outcomes

To resource the 11-14 science area ‘Materials and their Properties’ as an experimental and investigative discipline.
To provide investigations set in contexts that appeal to the target audience.
To illustrate the scientific ideas involved with the help of computer graphics, animation, real life applications and memorable demonstrations.

• To recognise differences between solids, liquids and gases, in terms of their properties, e.g. density, compressibility, ease of flow.
• To construct a simple model of gases in terms of arrangement and movement of particles.
• To see how the particle theory of matter can be used to explain the properties of gases, including gas pressure and diffusion.