Total Entropy of a Phase Transition

In this tutorial, students create a graphic visualizing a phase transition at a non-transition temperature. The assignment requires students to calculate the entropy and enthalpy associated with phase transitions and temperature changes. You can access the student-facing assignment prompt here.

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Students should be familiar with the basics of python before attempting this assignment. (A tutorial can be found here). The assignment can be implemented in trinket (which requires a free account). Students should also be familiar with the python package turtle; trinket has an excellent tutorial for turtle available here. 

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If you would like access to example code to use as a key, please email me from your institutional account. An example (with code hidden) is shown below: