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Molecules Game  Suggested Grades    Students will imitate the
movement of molecules in a variey of situations to assist them
to visualize and better understand the concept of the constant
motion of molecules.     • a large area     • Have the whole
class stand up and explain that they are now going to "become"
molecules. Explain that warm molecules move around a lot and
they like to spread out away from eachother. Ask students to do
this by walking, bouncing, or dancing. The hotter the molecules
are, the faster they move. Ask students to act like hot
molecules.   • Next they are going to become cold molecules.
Cold molecules like to huddle together and bounce slowly. The
colder the molecules are slower they bounce, and when they
freeze they bounce really slowly, but they don't stop moving.
Ask students to act like frozen molecules.   • Now give students
cues as to how they should act