Amazing Air: Air Pressure Science Experiments
Amazing Air: Air Pressure Science Experiments
What You’ll Find Inside
How do you help kids understand something they can't even see? Let them experiment with it.
Amazing Air turns the invisible properties of air into something kids can see, test, and experience for themselves through 10 hands-on science experiments.
Each experiment begins with an intriguing question—such as “Can you put a piece of paper underwater without getting it wet?” Kids make predictions, try the experiment, think about what happened, and use what they observed to build their understanding of air and air pressure.
Think Like a Scientist
Rather than simply telling kids how air pressure works, the experiments invite them to wonder, predict, test, observe, and explain.
Kids investigate ideas including:
- Air takes up space
- Air has mass and weight
- Heating and cooling affect air molecules
- Air pressure creates force
- Air pressure exists inside and outside objects
- Differences in air pressure can produce surprising results
- Air pressure naturally moves toward balance
10 Experiments to Explore
Kids investigate air through activities including:
- Underwater Mystery
- Underwater Ping Pong Ball
- Balloon Scale
- Super Straw
- Amazing Book Lift
- Straw Surprises
- Gravity-Defying Water Trick
- Balloon in a Bottle
- Bottle Crusher
- Crush the Can
Each experiment includes clear directions, guiding questions, and an easy-to-understand explanation of what's happening.
Perfect for a Weather or Air Unit
Use the experiments together as a 3–6 week science study, or choose individual activities to demonstrate specific concepts. It's especially useful for laying the groundwork for understanding weather, since air pressure becomes much easier to grasp after kids have actually experienced its effects.
Good to Know
Grades: 2–3
Experiments: 10
Format: Printable digital PDF
Prep: Low prep
Approach: Hands-on + inquiry based
Includes: Background information, experiment directions, discussion questions + science explanations
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