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general resources
🔗 Content Connection: Meteorology. Learn about Earth’s atmosphere.
▶️ How heavy is air? from TED-Ed. “Too often we think of air as empty space—but compared to a vacuum, air is actually pretty heavy. So, just how heavy is it? And if it’s so heavy, why doesn’t it crush us? Dan Quinn describes the fundamentals of air pressure and explains how it affects our bodies, the weather and the universe at large.” – All
✏️ Ideal Gas Law from PhET. “Pump gas molecules to a box and see what happens as you change the volume, add or remove heat, and more. Measure the temperature and pressure, and discover how the properties of the gas vary in relation to each other.” – All
✏️ Diffusion from PhET. “Mix two gases to explore diffusion! Experiment with concentration, temperature, mass, and radius and determine how these factors affect the rate of diffusion.” – Middle • High
✏️ Under Pressure from PhET. “Explore pressure under and above water. See how pressure changes as you change fluids, gravity, container shapes, and volume.” – Middle • High
experiments
🖐️ Experiment with Air and Gases. Crystal Chatterton’s Awesome Science Experiments for Kids has a handful of projects that allow kids to explore air pressure, air resistance, the relationship between temperature and air pressure, and principles of flight. Try “Balloon in a bottle,” Tea bag hot air balloon,” “Fluffy soap,” “Levitating ping pong ball,” “Paper cone fliers,” “Parachute fliers,” “Straw plane,” and “Paper airplane.” – Elementary
🖐️ Experiment with Air. Steve Spangler Science has several unique experiments that illuminate some interesting properties of air: Egg in a bottle, Burping bottle, and Why does water rise? Also check out Balloon Expansion, Tea Bag Liftoff and Soap Souffle. – All
