Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Air Pressure Demonstrations
Various demonstrations from the Illinois Institute of Technology of air pressure that can be used as an introduction to a chapter or unit on weather or air. Great examples for visual learners.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Air Pressure
Air pressure is pushing on us all the time although we do not usually notice it. This activity will discuss the units of pressure and give the students a sense of just how much air pressure is pushing on them.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Four Air Pressure Labs
Four lab exercises from the Illinois Institute of Technology demonstrating air pressure are given.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Building a Barometer
Students investigate the weather from a systems approach, learning how individual parts of a system work together to create a final product. Students learn how a barometer works to measure the Earth's air pressure by building a model out...
Other
Physics.org: One Tonne of Air Pressing Down on You
Amazing facts about how much air pressure the human body can withstand. Allows non-scientists to understand how this is possible.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Atmospheric Pressure
Did you know that air has weight? This illustrated essay from the NOVA Web site explores conditions that affect air density and atmospheric pressure.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Air on the Go
Students observe that air under high pressure will move toward a low-pressure area and certain objects in the air's path may move in the same direction.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Gauge Pressure, Absolute Pressure, and Pressure Measurement
From a chapter on Fluid Statics in a Physics textbook. This section of the chapter looks at the definitions of gauge pressure and absolute pressure, and how barometers work. It also discusses how blood pressure is measured. Includes...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Tire Pressure
[Free Registration/Login Required] Uncover the relationship between pressure, force, and contact area in the context of a fire truck. Play with vehicle mass, number of tires, and guage pressure with this simulation to see what...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Air Pollution
Students are introduced to the concept of air quality by investigating the composition, properties, atmospheric layers and everyday importance of air. They explore the sources and effects of visible and invisible air pollution. By...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Discovering Air
Our understanding about the air we breathe has changed dramatically through time. This illustrated timeline from the NOVA Web site tracks the changing thought on air and the creation of the Periodic Table of the Elements.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Feeling Pressured
Feel the effects of air pressure in this activity! Activity will have students feeling a squeezing sensation as the difference in air pressure causes the air to rush from high to low pressure.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Heavy Is Air?
Too often we think of air as empty space- but compared to a vacuum, air is actually pretty heavy. Dan Quinn describes the fundamentals of air pressure and explains how it affects our bodies, the weather, and the universe at large. [3:19]
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Clouds in the Air: Why Are They There?
An experiment that demonstrates why there are clouds in the sky. Start with air, invisible water vapor, particles we call condensation nuclei, and air pressure...the cloud comes later!
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Measuring Air Pressure
This activity is intended for an Introductory Meteorology class; an earth science elective intended for Juniors and Seniors. (It was orginally modifed from an Introductory Meteorology Laboratory Assigment taught to undergraduates at...
American Chemical Society
American Chemical Society: Best of Wonder Science: There's Air in There! [Pdf]
An experiment to obsevre the effects of air pressure on the water level inside a bottle.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: I Can't Take the Pressure!
Students develop an understanding of air pressure by using candy or cookie wafers to model how it changes with altitude, by comparing its magnitude to gravitational force per unit area, and by observing its magnitude with an aluminum can...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Under Pressure: Ball Bouncing Dynamics
Many sports use a ball in some way or another. We throw them, dribble them, hit them, kick them, and they always bounce back. What makes a ball so bouncy? In this experiment you can investigate the effect of air pressure on ball bouncing.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Can You Take the Pressure?
This lesson introduces young scholars to the concept of air pressure. Students will explore how air pressure creates force on an object. They will study the relationship between air pressure and the velocity of moving air.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Exploring Atmospheric Pressure by Making a Barometer
Learners create their own barometer, calibrate it with the actual air pressure data, and compare that data with the boiling temperature of their water. They learn from this that atmospheric pressure affects the boiling points of liquid....
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Air Is It Really There?
By watching and performing several simple experiments, students develop an understanding of the properties of air: it has mass, it takes up space, it can move, it exerts pressure, it can do work.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Ww2010: Forces and Winds: Pressure Gradient Force
Explains what a pressure gradient is and how it produces air movement.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Air Under Pressure
Students are introduced to air masses, with an emphasis on the differences between and characteristics of high - versus low-pressure air systems. Students also hear about weather forecasting instrumentation and how engineers work to...
Other
Internet Geography: Geo Topics: Weather and Climate
This site explores air pressure and talks about high pressure. low pressure, and winter anticyclones.
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