Curated OER
There's Air in There!
Students attempt to blow a wad of paper into a soda bottle. For this physics lesson, students discover that air pressure inside of a soda bottle prevents new air from going in.
Curated OER
V is for Vacuum
In this handwriting practice worksheet, students trace and write the letter 'V.' They also identify words that begin with the letter and trace and write the word 'vacuum' as shown in the illustration.
Curated OER
Beyond Science?: New Energy Age
Students explore, examine, experiment and study the energy believed to exist in the vacuum of space called zero-point energy. They design and build a machine and then place their machines to test zero-pointed energy into a competition.
Curated OER
Can or Bottle Crusher (Demonstration)
Learners witness the gas law from a demonstration in which a can collapses after the steam escapes. The steam pushes out most of the air from inside the can and then the air outside presses against the can crushing it.
Cosmos 4 kids
Cosmos4 Kids: Much Ado About Nothing
This site will explain the cold, empty space in our universe called vacuums. Site also includes a video explaining the concept.
Rice University
Galileo Project: Evangelista Torricelli
The Galileo Project fact sheet profiles the life and work of Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), the Italian scientist and inventor.
PBS
People and Discoveries: Lee De Forest
A biography on audion inventor, Lee de Forest, from childhood on. Hyperlinks to additional information about the radio and broadcasting.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Invention of the Week: Lee De Forest
This website provides information on the life and inventions of Lee DeForest, the man who invented the audion tube, which made commercial radio broadcasting practical.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Let's Bag It
Students observe and discuss a vacuum cleaner model of a baghouse to better understand how this pollutant recovery method functions in cleaning industrial air pollution.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Bill Nye Demonstration: Candle in a Bottle
Watch and learn with Bill Nye the Science Guy as he demonstrates this classic candle experiment. [0:57]
Other
National Physical Laboratory: The History of Length Measurement
This resource provides historic information on length measurement in the United Kingdom. Click on the topics on the left toolbar of the article to find out more information.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Plunger Pull
Learners observe that air exerts pressure, something easy to see using air of very low pressure or a vacuum.
Hunkins Experiments
Hunkin's Experiments: Potato Peel a Banana Automatically
Hunkin's Experiments is a group of simple cartoon illustrations of scientific principles. Some would work well in the classroom, but others have little value beyond entertaining students. All of the projects are easy to do. This one is a...
Hunkins Experiments
Hunkin's Experiments: Get an Egg In/out of a Bottle
Hunkin's Experiments is a group of simple cartoon illustrations of scientific principles. Some would work well in the classroom, but others have little value beyond entertaining students. An easy-to-do example includes using air pressure...
The National Gallery (UK)
The National Gallery: Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump
As part of a larger exhibit on science and the history of scientific instruments, this site examines a painting by Joseph Wright and its connection to the scientific studies of the vacuum. The painting, which is accompanied by a...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Egg in a Bottle
Examine how differences in air pressure affect objects with this classroom experiment.