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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 explore moving air and the physics of lift and drag by constructing homemade wind tunnels.

In this online Flash game, learners take to the skies in a hot air balloon and are challenged to beat other balloonists' times to the finish line without crashing.

In this quick activity (page 1 of PDF under SciGirls Activity: Kites), learners will witness firsthand the effects of Bernoulli’s Principle by capturing a ping pong ball in the stream of air created b

In this meteorology activity, learners build weather vanes using straws, paperclips, and cardstock.

In this quick and easy activity and/or demonstration, learners use two empty 2-liter bottles and hot tap water to illustrate the effect of heat on pressure.

In this activity (page 1 of PDF under SciGirls Activity: Forecasting), learners will construct an air cannon by cutting a hole in the bottom of a bucket and stretching a garbage bag over the other end

In this meteorology activity, learners construct simple devices to measure the direction and speed of wind.

In this activity, learners evaluate the potential performance of air rockets placed inside a wind tunnel.

Demonstrate the Bernoulli Principle using simple materials on a small or large scale.

In this activity, learners work with an adult to build a rocket and launcher out of a plastic 2-liter bottle, flexible plastic hose, plastic tubing, toilet paper tube, and duct tape.

In this two-part activity, learners work in pairs to examine the four basic stages of a turbine engine.

This lesson challenges groups of learners to design and construct a wind generator with the most electrical output.

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 online Flash game, learners will captain a sailing challenge, adjusting boat direction and sails, seeking the way to take greatest advantage of varying wind speeds and directions to catch the

In this activity, learners build a sled kite that models a type of airfoil called a parawing.

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

In this design challenge activity, learners build a shock-absorbing system that will protect two “astronauts” when they land.