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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

In this activity, learners explore how air warms when it condenses water vapor or makes clouds.

In this activity, learners conduct an experiment by heating an aluminum can filled with water to investigate air pressure.

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.

Conduct a simple experiment to explore how temperature changes can make things expand or contract.

In this two part activity, learners become draft detectives by constructing their own draft catchers to detect drafts around windows or doors.

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.

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.

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.

In this activity, learners explore clouds and how they form.

In this sunny day experiment, learners measure and compare how quickly light and dark colored materials absorb heat.

This activity models the way Landsat satellites use a thermal infrared sensor to measure land surface temperatures.

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.