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Structures
These downloadable animations are part of the multimedia package Stuff and Substance, developed by the Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme (SEP). They can be used to introduce ideas of atoms and types of structures.
Which atoms and how they are bonded together defines a particular substance. Many students conflate atoms and substances. These animations take a basic particle model further to show the ‘atom structures’ of a range of substances. Molecular and giant structures are shown and a general link between structures and differences in melting and boiling points can be made.
These video and animation files form part of the resources in the section Structures in the Stuff and Substance multimedia package, which provides a series of interactive pages that can be used by teachers or students in the classroom.
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Animation: ice structure 3.81 KB
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Animation: salt structure 5.79 KB
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Animation: four molecular substances 22.08 KB