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Learners measure a bottle full of air, and then use a vacuum pump to remove the air. When they re-weigh the bottle, learners find the mass is about 0.8g less.

Learners experiment with a 2-liter plastic bottle containing water and four “divers." The divers consist of open, transparent containers with the opening points downward.

This lesson (on pages 15-24 of PDF) explores how sound is caused by vibrating objects. It explains that we hear by feeling vibrations passing through the air.

Learners observe a flask with a balloon attached over the mouth and inverted inside the flask.

Learners observe a tank of water containing cans of diet and regular sodas. The diet sodas float and the regular sodas sink. All the cans contain the same amount of liquid and the same amount of air.

Learners explore the Bernoulli effect by building an airfoil (airplane wing) and making it fly.

This activity explores the basic workings of a siphon, which is the core technology that makes toilets work.

In this chemistry demonstration, acid rain is simulated in a petri dish.