Our day begins with an entry task instructing students to watch the video below of a lava lamp, then explain the action of the lava lamp using volume (V), temperature (T), and pressure (P).
Student ideas:
After discussing student ideas, students watched the short video of hot air balloons inflating and flying. They were challenged to explain why hot air balloons fly, why they rise to a certain height and then stop, and how hot air balloons change altitude.
After a brief discussion, students were introduced to some new vocabulary terms included in the Lesson 57 PowerPoint.
Class Notes:
Finally, students rotated through four different stations to make observations and collect data on a modeling air pressure lab handout helping them to learn more about air pressure.
Station instructions:
Notes the next day showing molecule motion in the experiments
Keep Learning (at home!): Balloon in a bottle
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