Activity Instructions
Click here to open the simulation in its own tab.
Follow the following guide to further explore the model and create your own experiment.
- Try various combinations of the settings to see how all of the variables interact to affect the particles and the process of diffusion.
- Pick a variable that you want to study more in depth for how it affects particle behavior and the rate of diffusion.
- Pick values for all of the other variables - these will be your control variables.
- Use the counts and graph on the right so that you can track how many particles are on each side.
- If the Stop-At-Equilibrium? Function is on, the model will automatically stop when there are the same number of particles on the left and the right (or one apart if the total number of particles is an odd number). This function can be used to help you time how long it takes for the number of particles on each side to be equal.
- Make observations and collect data to show how your chosen variable affected both the particles and the process of diffusion.