Day 04: Pressures and Vacuums

Mar. 5

By the end of this lesson each student should be able to...

• Discuss relationship between pressure and vacuum

• Describe balanced forces when talking about pressure

• Describe pressure as a "pushing" quality - not a pulling quality

• Introduction to concept of vacuum (and use name now)



Bell Ringer

pending



Lesson

1) Make up simple lab in which students put card on baby food jar mouth (full of water) and invert to show card held up!!!

2) TOPS lab, Steam to Stream?

3) Distribute specs for Rube Goldberg project (due end of unit)



Assignment

Students complete their "Ocean of Air" lab in class.  Keep lab, do not hand in to Mr. Reimer.  No homework.

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