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Dan Satterfield

Dan's Wild Weather Page: Winds

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find out about wind and jet streams and the tools that measure them.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Humidity, Evaporation, and Boiling

For Students 10th - 12th
Learn about the relationship between vapor pressure of water and capacity of air to hold water vapor, the relationship between relative humidity and partial pressure of water vapor in the air, and how to calculate vapor density,...
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Other

Chemical Reax/exothermic Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
A wonderfully complete primer on exothermic reactions in the context of chemical spills. Covers Reactions with Air or Water, Combustible Organics, Polymerization Reax, Decomposition, Corrosion, and much much more.
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Other

60 Second Science: Air Putting It to Work

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Investigate the properties of air. Observe the water vapor present in our exhaled breath.
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Gas Pressure in a Syringe

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore why it is difficult to pull back on a capped syringe and why the plunger moves back in when you let go.
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Science is Fun

Science Is Fun: Egg in a Bottle

For Students 6th - 8th
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.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Weather and Atmosphere

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this unit, students learn the basics about weather and the atmosphere. They investigate materials engineering as it applies to weather and the choices available to us for clothing to counteract the effects of weather. Students have...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Hovercraft Racers!

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students gain first-hand experience on how friction affects motion. They build a hovercraft using air from a balloon to levitate a craft made from a compact disk (CD), learning that a bed of air under an object significantly reduces the...
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Virtual Ballooning to Explore the Atmosphere Activity

For Students 9th - 10th
In this computer-based virtual lab, students will learn about the layers of Earth's atmosphere by launching virtual balloons to collect temperature and pressure data at various altitudes. Given a limited number of balloon flights,...
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad Challenge: Balloon Drive

For Students 3rd - 8th
Hands-on challenge "to make a helium balloon hover in one spot, then move it through an obstacle course using air currents". Provides full list of materials with ideas on how to design, build, and test the balloon's movement. Activity...
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South Carolina Educational Television

Know It All: Lift | Nasa Online

For Students 9th - 10th
An upward force called lift acts on the airplane and opposes the downward forces of gravity. The lift force allows the airplane to get off the ground and stay in the air. Watch the simulation to see how this works.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Wind Classroom Activities

For Teachers 9th - 10th
When air is warmed, it expands and becomes less dense. As the air becomes less dense, its air pressure decreases. This occurs because molecules in warm air have greater kinetic energy (energy of motion) than in cold air. As the molecules...
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Other

Baranidesign: Air Density Calculator

For Students 11th - 12th
A calculator that computes air density if altitude, temperature, humidity, and barometric pressure are known.
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NASA

Nasa: Gas Properties Definitions

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site to learn about basic gas properties including motion, viscosity, and compressibility. Includes links to activities for all ages.
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Other

American Meteorological Society: Data Streme Atmosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an extensive amount of weather information. Includes current information, forecasting, and historic weather related events. Weather map symbols and terminology explained.
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National Snow and Ice Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center: Factors Affecting Arctic Weather and Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to the factors that affect the Arctic's weather and climate: latitude, land/sea distribution, solar radiation, air temperature, air pressure, winds, humidity, clouds, and precipitation.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Egg in a Bottle

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Examine how differences in air pressure affect objects with this classroom experiment.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Zoom Vehicle

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Explore forces of motion and properties of gasses by building a vehicle that runs along a string track powered by air pressure.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Bernoulli's Law

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Bernoulli's law and using air pressure to fly.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Collapsing Bottle Experiment

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Explore the effect of changing temperature on air pressure using a plastic soda bottle.
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Science Fun for Everyone

Science Fun: Ping Pong

For Students 2nd - 4th
Learn about air pressure with this easy science experiment that is not only fun but appears quite magical. A video tutorial is included.
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Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Local and Regional Wind Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about regional and local wind systems, including information on changes in atmospheric pressure, thermal energy in the atmosphere, sea and land breezes, mountain and valley breezes, and monsoon winds.
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USA Today

Usa Today: Understanding Air Density and Its Effects

For Students 9th - 10th
In simple terms, density is the mass of anything - including air - divided by the volume it occupies. In the metric system, which scientists use, we usually measure density in terms of kilograms per cubic meter. The air's density depends...
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Colorado State University

Csu: Four Stroke Fuel Air Otto Cycle Gasoline (C7 H17)

For Students 9th - 10th
A Java applet which allows the visitor to investigate the physical parameters associated with the individual strokes of a 4-stroke gasoline engine. Visitors enter parameters such as exhaust temperature, fuel ratio, and ambient pressure...

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