National Science Center

Air Pressure and Fluids

Title	Subject	ExpectedDuration	AgeLevel	FormatName
Glider	air pressure	NA	Grade 4-8	Backpack
Tornado Tube	Air Pressure, Fluids	NA	Grade 4-8	Backpack
Five Tone Twirling Tube Air Pressure	Low Pressure, High Pressure	NA	Grade 4-8	Backpack
Balloon in a Bbottle	Air Mass and Weight	Approximately 5 minutes	Grades 5-8	Classroom
Orange Crush	Air Pressure	30 minutes	Grades 5-8	Classroom
Plop Plop Fizz Fizz	Air Pressure	45 minutes	Grades 5-8	Classroom
Take a Deep Breath	Air Pressure	15 minutes	Grades 5-8	Classroom
Take a Dive	Air Pressure	15 minutes	Grades 5-8	Classroom
Take the Plunge	Air Pressure	15 minutes	Grades 5-8	Classroom
The Broken Vacuum	Air Pressure	15 minutes	Grades 5-8	Classroom
Build Your Own Barometer	Aneroid Barometer	45 minutes	Grades 5-8	Classroom
Water Balloon	Heat Storage in Water	Approximately 5-10 minutes	Grades 5-8	Classroom
a Paneful Bond	Hydrogen Bonding (Surface Tension)	Approximately 10 minutes	Grades 5-8	Classroom
The Floating Candle	The Effects of a Vacuum in a Bottle	Approximately 5 minutes	Grades 5-8	Classroom
Boiling Water in a Syringe	Air Pressure	2 minutes 7 seconds	Grades 6-8	Video
Compacting Rice	Air Pressure	2 minutes 56 seconds	Grades 6-8	Video
Egg in a Bottle	Air Pressure	2 minutes 55 seconds	Grades 5-8	Video
Floating Candle	Air Pressure	2 minutes 9 seconds	Grades 5-8	Video
Hydraulic Car Lift	Air Pressure	1 minute 47 seconds	Grades 6-8	Video
Straws and Soda Can	Air Pressure	2 minutes 32 seconds	Grades 5-8	Video
Tornado Tube	Air Pressure; Tornado	2 minutes 54 seconds	Grades 4-8	Video
A Pane-ful Bond	Hydrogen Bonding; Surface Tension; Air Pressure	3 minutes 25 seconds	Grades 6-8	Video
Air Pressure and a Diver's Blood	the bends, blood, air pressure	2 minutes 10 seconds	Grades 5-8	Video