Curated OER
Air Pressure
For this air pressure experiment worksheet, students participate in an experiment with a ruler on a desk or table and a newspaper to prove that air is pressing on everything.
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Weight Lifter - An Air Pressure Experiment
First graders participate in a study of air pressure in which the investigate if air has the strength to lift heavy objects. They work in teams to develop a hypothesis about whether air in bags would be able to lift a stack of books....
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I Can't Take the Pressure!
Students explore the concept of air pressure. Using candy or cookie wafers to model how air pressure changes with altitude, they conduct an aluminum can crushing experiment, compare the magnitude to gravitational force per unit area,...
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Have a Ball with Bernoulli II
Third graders explore the work of Daniel Bernoulli through experiment and background information. In this Bernoulli lesson plan, 3rd graders participate in air pressure experiments. Students record their observations of the effects of...
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Air
This presentation is about air. What makes it unique is that, in addition to simply providing information about the components of air and the action of air pressure, it includes a series of four experiments that bring these concepts to...
Curated OER
Air Pressure
Learners participate in a series of demonstrations about Bernoulli's principle. They explain how air pressure varies with air speed. They write a detailed lab report about the activity. This is a great way to explore this concept.
Science is Fun
Science Is Fun: Egg in a Bottle
An air pressure experiment that shows how to get a hard-boiled egg into a glass bottle that has a mouth smaller than the width of the egg. A lit match is used in this activity.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Science Rocks: Air Lift
Through this experiment, students are challenged to lift a book (and other items) with just air. Requires simple household items, gallon-size, zipper-lock plastic bag, book, pencil, drinking straw, and tape.
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Federal Aviation Administration: Air Takes Up Room [Pdf]
See how air takes up space by conducting this classroom experiment. With the aid of several common objects, observe the effects of air pressure.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Dirtmeister's Science Lab: The Air Is There
An experiment to see how the temperature of an object affects how high it bounces. This site contains web links and notes for the teacher.
Education.com
Education.com: An Air Science Experiment
[Free Registration/Login Required] With three simple items (ball of paper, 2 liter pop bottle & hair dryer) you can demonstrate the reality of air pressure. This experiment is user friendly.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Balloon & Straw Experiment
Investigate air pressure, motion and the forces of air currents using a bendy straw, a balloon and a rubber band.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Card Lift Experiment
Demonstrate air pressure by using index cards to defy gravity.