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One of the most famous images in Science |
An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump. You can zoom in and also listen to a podcast |
5 Star | |
OP 10 |
Pressure and Area |
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| The famous bed of nails |
A four-layer bed of nails using 6 inch nails. Youtube. 3 minutes. Guinness world record. Check out other links on youtube also. | 5 Star | ||
Why can't you break an egg with one hand? |
It c an't be done -the force is spread over too large an area so the pressure is too small | 4 Star | ||
OP 11 |
Pressure and Depth in a liquid |
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Standard experiment |
MyYouTube. Simple demonstration. 2 mins | |||
Interactive simulation of a water tower to illustrate how pressure in a liquid varies with height. |
Lovely animation | 4 Star | ||
OP 12 |
Air has mass |
MyYouTube. Simple demonstrations. 2 mins | ||
Air takes up space |
MyYouTube. Simple demonstrations. 5 mins | |||
OP 13 |
The atmosphere exerts pressure |
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Demonstrating atmospheric pressure with a marshmallow. Use a large syringe instead of the specialised apparatus. |
MyYouTube. Simple demonstration. 3 mins | |||
| Using a Vac-U-Vin apparatus | MyYouTube. Simple demonstration. 8 mins | |||
| Series of short demonstrations involving marshmallows | MyYouTube. 6 mins. | |||
| Series of short demonstrations | MyYouTube. 3 mins. | |||
| Nice animation of how a vacuum pump 'sucks up' water | From absorblearning.com. 'Course the next question is "how does a vacuum pump wor"?' | 4 Star | ||
Demonstrating atmospheric pressure - the imploding coke can |
Simple demonstration. Includes an explanation. |
3 Star | ||
Another look at this demonstration |
A simulation and explanation from absorblearning.com | 4 Star | ||
Demonstrating atmospheric pressure - crushing a steel drum |
Simple demonstration. Includes an explanation. From Hyperphysics. 1 min |
3 Star | ||
Video of the imploding train carraige |
From Youtube. 30 seconds | 5 Star | ||
| How to read a weather chart | From Met Eireann | |||
Pressure and Boiling Point |
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The relationship between pressure and boiling point. You could just use a large syringe. |
MyYouTube. Simple demonstrations. 6 mins | |||
| It's called a Vac-U-Vin. Order it online | MyYouTube. 4 mins | |||
Simple animation of a pressure cooker |
From absorblearning.com | 4 Star |