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This demonstration/activity helps learners understand why higher elevations are not always warm simply because "hot air rises." Learners use a tire pump to increase the pressure and temperature inside

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how air warms when it condenses water vapor or makes clouds.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners conduct an experiment by heating an aluminum can filled with water to investigate air pressure.

free Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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Why is ocean water sometimes the warmest when the average daily air temperature starts to drop? In this activity, learners explore the differing heat capacities of water and air using real data.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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Conduct a simple experiment to explore how temperature changes can make things expand or contract.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 Under 5 minutes
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In this two part activity, learners become draft detectives by constructing their own draft catchers to detect drafts around windows or doors.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this physics activity (page 4 of the PDF), learners will construct their own spiral "snake" and use it to explore the relationship between heat and kinetic energy.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity (page 11 of PDF), learners compare the air pressure within a dark and a light bottle both heated by the sun, and discover that solar energy can be collected and stored in many ways


$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore why humans sweat. Learners compare the effects of heat on a balloon filled with air and a balloon filled water.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this demonstration, learners can observe a number of small convection cells generated from a mixture of aluminum powder and silicon oil on a hot plate.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore clouds and how they form.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this sunny day experiment, learners measure and compare how quickly light and dark colored materials absorb heat.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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This activity models the way Landsat satellites use a thermal infrared sensor to measure land surface temperatures.

Over $20 per group Ages 4 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners create a "Jam Jar Jet" based on Francois Reynst's discovery of a pulsejet engine, which uses one opening for both air intake and exhaust.

$10 - $20 per student Ages 14 - adult 2 to 4 hours