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Atmospheric Pressure
Push the envelope with this activity on atmospheric pressure! Your physics or geology juniors will be amazed at your super-human ability as you demonstrate the breaking of a stick using a newspaper! They also work with peers to construct...
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Vapor Pressure and Boiling
In this vapor pressure worksheet, high schoolers use a graph showing vapor pressure curves for two substances to complete 10 problems.
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Graphing the Temperature within the Atmosphere
Musing meteorologists design graphs of the temperature and pressure changes for altitude increase in our atmosphere. The activity is pertinent to middle school earth science curriculum. Vary the type of homework you assign when teaching...
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Water Pressure in the Ocean
Pupils compare the pressure of water at different depths and gain an understanding of how increased water might affect animals living in deeper waters. They participate in an experiment to show that depth, not volume, affects water...
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Weather
In this earth science worksheet, students use the clues given at the bottom of the sheet to solve the crossword puzzle related to weather. They identify various cloud types and how they are formed. Students also identify atmospheric...
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The Gas Laws
For this gas laws worksheet, students answer 15 multiple choice questions about the gas laws that include the relationships between temperature, volume and pressure of gases.Â
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Understanding Air Pressure
Fifth graders complete experiments with air to understand that air takes up space, has mass, and that air pressure can be changed. In this air pressure lesson, 5th graders test the air pressure by using balloons, syringes, and water to...
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Moon Crash
In this moon crash worksheet, students research information about the moon. In a given scenario, students decide which emergency supplies to take in order to survive on the moon.
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Atmospheric Pressure Interactive Learning Demonstration
High schoolers predict what happens to the balloon as the water in the flask boils. In this physics lesson, students explain why they made such prediction. After the demo, they give some real life examples of this concept.
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How to Make Water Run Uphill
Students observe science demonstration. In this science lesson, students watch an experiment showing water moving up from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration, due to a change in atmospheric pressure.
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Pressure Conversions
In this pressure conversion worksheet, high schoolers convert 5 measurements of pressure in millibars to inches and 5 measurements of pressure in inches to millibars. They also covert 1 atmosphere of pressure to inches and millibars.
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Review Sheet for Gas Laws
In this gas laws instructional activity, learners define an ideal gas and apply the gas laws to complete 1 short answer question and 5 word problems.
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Thermochemistry
In this thermochemistry worksheet, students calculate the enthalpy of vaporization as well as the write the thermochemical expression for the production of the chemical reaction.
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You Can Take the Pressure!
Students construct and use a barometer over a period of 1-2 weeks to investigate and predict upcoming weather from barometric pressure.
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Using Radiosonde Data From a Weather Balloon Launch
Student use radiosonde data from a weather balloon launch to distinguish the characteristics of the lower atmosphere. They learn the layers of the atmosphere. They graph real atmospheric data.
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Three Clouds Activity
Students explore how clouds are produced through three different age-appropriate hands-on experiments.
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Weather Review
In this weather worksheet, students reviews terms associated with measuring different weather phenomena plus draw examples of different types of fronts on a weather map. This worksheet has 5 true or false, 15 matching, 21 multiple...
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Forces in Fluids
In this forces in fluids worksheet, students answer questions as they relate to forces in fluids. Students complete a chart about atmospheric pressure.
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Chemistry Practice
In this chemistry practice worksheet, students select the correct response to the given questions. Students apply knowledge about the states of matter, finding vapor pressure and atmospheric pressure.
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Severe Weather
In this severe weather instructional activity, students will answer questions about heat transfer in the atmosphere, air masses, and atmospheric pressure. Then students will explore hurricanes and thunderstorms. This instructional...
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Atmospheric Pressure
Ninth graders explore the abstract idea of the atom and explain the differences and similarities between solids, liquids, and gases. They understand the molecular differences between solids, liquids, and gases.