Common misunderstandings and misconceptions ◆
The relationship between pressure and volume is one of inverse proportionality. Students may struggle with the mathematical representations of this, and with graphs with 1/V on one axis. They usually find the equation p1V1 = p2V2 more memorable.
Homework ideas ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆
Coursebook questions 9.14 to 9.20 End-of-chapter questions 1 to 16 Workbook exercise 9.4 Understanding gases Workbook exercise 9.5 Boyle’s law Worksheet 9.1 Pressure and volume of a gas
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Chapter 9: Teaching ideas
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