TED-Ed
How Do Tornadoes Form?
Take your students on a storm chasing adventure from the safety of the classroom with this short video on tornadoes. From powerful thunderstorms to swirling twisters, this resource explains the necessary conditions and process...
TED-Ed
How Heavy Is Air?
It's amazing how easy it is to forget that every second of our lives we are being pushed on by an uncountable number air molecules. Explore with your class the concept of air pressure and how it affects our bodies, the earth's...
Curated OER
Ultimate Table Trick Challenge
There's a lot going on here: air pressure changes, inertia, and chemical reactions. All of this occurs in 60 seconds time! As an end of the year physical science assessment, consider showing this video clip and then having learners write...
Steve Spangler Science
Ultimate Table Trick Challenge
There's a lot going on here: air pressure changes, inertia, and chemical reactions. All of this occurs in 60 seconds time! As an end of the year physical science assessment, consider showing this video clip and then having learners write...
Steve Spangler Science
Straw Through Potato - Sick Science! #062
Push a straw through a potato using air pressure. This is a good for modeling how air pressure works.
Steve Spangler Science
Heavy Newspaper - Sick Science! #025
Here is an unforgettable demonstration of the power of air! Because the column of air is about 250 miles or 400 km tall, its weight on a sheet of newspaper is enough to hold a stick in place as you smack the other end to break it....
Steve Spangler Science
Steve Spangler on The Ellen Show April 2008
Several concepts are explored with Steve Spangler on the Ellen DeGeneres show. Combustion, air pressure, and polymers demonstrations are done, but very little scientific explanation is offered. At the end of the year, your could have...
Steve Spangler Science
Egg in a Bottle...The Tricky Way - Cool Science Experiment
A teenaged Jack Spangler demonstrates how reducing air pressure in a bottle can pull a boiled egg inside. Then dad does a similar demonstration using liquid nitrogen to reduce the air pressure. Even though the result is the same, the...
Veritasium
How Does A Sailboat Actually Work?
How does a sailboat go both with and against the wind? The Vertasium video surveys people on this question. After asking many people to explain the way a sailboat works, finally a sailor answers. This allows for discussion of lift and...
SciShow
What is Wind?
Hank Green teaches how differences in air pressure, attempting to reach equilibrium. are what causes wind to blow. He also mentions Earth's rotation and the Coriolis effect. Have your class watch this video as a review to your lesson on...
Curated OER
STEMbite: Atmospheric Pressure
Mr. Vanden Heuvel is in the bathroom again! This time he examines the strength of atmospheric pressure with a classic demonstration of filling a glass with water in the sink to reveal the column that fills the glass. Then he places a...
Bill Nye
Bill Nye The Science Guy on Pressure
Dive deep with air pressure as Bill shows how it keeps liquid from entering an upside down beaker when placed underwater. Then watch a rock music video about pressure. If you are putting together a PowerPoint on fluid pressure, you may...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Lifting With Air
How can you lift a heavy metal table using air? In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members succeed in lifting a table using their own breath and a few plastic bags. [1:38]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Clouds and Currents
Learn about cloud formations over the Sierra Nevada Mountains in this video from Nature. [1:33]
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Experiment Videos: Vortex Canon
See if a vortex of condensed air can knock three different huts down. [2:33]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Runnin' With the Devil
This video segment from Nature takes viewers to a road race in Death Valley. [1:54]
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Engineering Videos: Flight Aerodynamics
Learn about lift, thrust, drag, weight, airfoil, air pressure, Bernoulli's principle to understand flight aerodynamics. [7:14]
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Experiment Videos: Marshmallows Experiment
Watch what happens to marshmallows when you put them in vacuum jar. [1:56]
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Experiment Videos: Toilet Paper Experiment
This funny toilet paper experiment shows what happens if you place one end of the toilet paper roll in the toilet of a plane and then roll the rest down the aisle, and then flush. [1:11]
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Science of Speed: Tires and Pressure
Tires on a car in a NASCAR race are filled with nitrogen. The force of friction increases tire pressure as the car goes around the track. Using dry nitrogen gas helps with predicting the temperature and pressure of a tire during a race....
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Measurement: Under Pressure
In this video we replicate Pascal's famous experiment that showed atmospheric pressure was due to the column of the weight of the air above. To test this we build a simple pressure measuring device, make measurements around Boston, and...
PBS
Pbs Kids Design Squad: What Are Pneumatic Pistons?
See how compressed air can be used to move a piston rod back and forth. [0:23]
Curated Video
Math Tutor Dvd: Balloon in a Candle Flame Science Experiment
In this cool science experiment, you will see how you can put a balloon directly into a candle flame and the balloon will not burst. The power of heat conduction makes this possible. Have fun while learning about heat transfer and energy...
Next Vista for Learning
Next Vista for Learning: Phenomena Science: Hairdryer Mayhem
A video that shows students a demonstration, then asks them to predict what will happen next, and finally students will explain their observations. This demonstration shows a hairdryer propelling a balloon in the air illustrating...