Thermonator
The Matter Maker
Free
1.0.6for iPhone, iPad and more
Age Rating
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About Thermonator
Thermonator: The Matter Maker is an engaging and educational app designed to help users see their own theories about how states of matter change from solids to liquids to gases. By manipulating and animating dots that move and collide into one another, users explore different properties of particles while modeling different states of matter.
Go beyond static drawings with the Thermonator. Control the speed, attraction, bounce, and gravity of yellow and purple dots. Predict what will happen when you remove the divider that separates different dots and watch the fast particles (gas) bump into the slow particles (solid). Change kinetic parameters to understand that temperature is not an amount of stuff, but rather is best treated as the relative speed of particles. The Thermonator also helps users construct the causal agents for phase changes of matter, such as the change of particle speeds after colliding with other particles.
The Thermonator was designed in collaboration with the award-winning FableVision multimedia production studio.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant DRL- 1621299. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
A lesson plan for this app is available at http://short.concord.org/8a
Go beyond static drawings with the Thermonator. Control the speed, attraction, bounce, and gravity of yellow and purple dots. Predict what will happen when you remove the divider that separates different dots and watch the fast particles (gas) bump into the slow particles (solid). Change kinetic parameters to understand that temperature is not an amount of stuff, but rather is best treated as the relative speed of particles. The Thermonator also helps users construct the causal agents for phase changes of matter, such as the change of particle speeds after colliding with other particles.
The Thermonator was designed in collaboration with the award-winning FableVision multimedia production studio.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant DRL- 1621299. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
A lesson plan for this app is available at http://short.concord.org/8a
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What's New in the Latest Version 1.0.6
Last updated on Mar 29, 2019
Old Versions
New support URL.
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Version History
1.0.6
Mar 29, 2019
New support URL.
1.0.5
Oct 4, 2018
New app icon. Added National Science Foundation attribution and disclaimer.
1.0.1
Aug 1, 2018
Thermonator is now designated "Made for kids"
1.0
Jul 27, 2018
Thermonator FAQ
Click here to learn how to download Thermonator in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Thermonator.
iPhone
Requires iOS 10.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 10.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 10.0 or later.
Thermonator supports English
