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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Boyle's Law

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An inexpensive and effective setup for Boyle's law. The students experiment and perform data analysis to "discover" Boyle's Law.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Vernier Boyle's Law

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The primary objective of this experiment is to determine the relationship between the pressure and volume of a confined gas. The gas we use will be air, and it will be confined in a syringe connected to a Pressure Sensor (see Figure 1)....
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Boyle's Law Investigation Using Marshmallows in a Syringe

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity is designed to accompany lecture on Boyle's law. Students use manipulatives to demonstrate the principles of Boyle's law then summarize their observations on the accompanying worksheet.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix Series: Piston Pressure: Boyle's Law

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this interactive activity, discover the relationship between pressure and volume. After the activity, answer one challenge question about the topic.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Determination of Boyle's Law Through Data Collection

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students develop an understanding of the mathematical relationship between pressure and volume of a gas. Students will practice data collection and graphing skills while also making the connection between force and pressure
Unit Plan
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Gas Laws & Human Biology

For Students 9th - 10th
This activity addresses Boyle's Law from a physiological perspective.
Activity
University of Maryland

University of Maryland: Boyled Marshmallows

For Students 9th - 10th
A page from the University of Maryland Physics Lecture Demonstration Facility. Provides directions for a teacher demonstration of Boyle's law. Shows apparatus and set-up; provides suggestions. Easily adaptable as a student project or lab...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mini Lab: Investigating Gas Laws

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students investigate two gas laws: Charles and Boyle's. They will determine the relationship between gases and certain variables (temperature, volume and pressure), then watch a demonstration and determine what...
Unit Plan
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Gas Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity, students study gas laws at a molecular level.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Cartesian Diver Race

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lab, students will have to build a Cartesian diver to bring to class to race. I do this as an introduction to the gas laws, specifically Boyle's Law which deals with volume and pressure of gas at the same temperature. The...
Website
Ministerio de Educación (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: Leyes De Los Gases

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the different laws of gases with these interactive activities and test your knowledge with the exercises at the end.
Website
NASA

Nasa: Beginner's Guide to Aerodynamics

For Students 9th - 10th
Includes exhaustive information and a wealth of activities pertaining to aerodynamics and the physics of flight.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Portable Fluid Power Demonstrator (Pfpd)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Working as teams, students learn the basics of fluid power design using the PFPD as their investigative platform. Students will investigate the similarities and differences between using pneumatic and hydraulic power in the PFPD. While...
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Relationships: Pressure, Volume, and Temperature

For Teachers 9th - 10th
From the Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE) program. A lesson plan that centers around a lab investigating the gas laws of Boyle, Charles, and Gay-Lussac. Data is collected, analyzed and discussed.
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Popcorn Is a Gas

For Teachers 9th - 10th
From the Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE) program. A lesson plan in which students explore the pressure-temperature-volume relationships by performing a popcorn lab investigation. Intriguing. Great...