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How Does Dilution Affect pH Levels of Acids and Bases? A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines.



Title How Does Dilution Affect pH Levels of Acids and Bases?
Description
Subject Chemistry
Level K-5, Middle School
Type Homework, Lab
Duration 60 minutes
Answers Included No
Language English
Keywords acid, acidic, base, basic, dilution, pH, pH level
Simulation(s) pH Scale, pH Scale: Basics (HTML5)

Author(s) Jocelyn Gianatasio
Contact Email jg770@hunter.cuny.edu
School / Organization Hunter College
Date submitted 3/16/14
Date updated 10/29/14

Comments

I really like your conclusion questions to help students self-evaluate their learning and provide a summary for studying. Trish   11/3/14

Love this activity! We are using it before the students will create their own experiment that justify their claim about how water affects pH. Kirsten   8/8/15

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How did you use this activity or change it for your class? Answer keys are often not available because the activities are inquiry based and lead to multiple answers. Professionally constructive comments welcome.

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