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Subtopic: Air Is Matter

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Resource	Grade Level	Media Type
Air Is Matter This collection of still images presents different ways to visualize air, from billowing sails to windblown hair to tornadoes.	K-5	Flash Image
Air Is Matter Students investigate air and how it is something that occupies space, has mass, and exerts pressure.	K-2	Lesson Plan
Air Power: Experimenting with Balloons In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members experiment with the amount of air expelled first from a balloon, then through a straw attached to it, and see how both affect a balloon's behavior.	3-8	QuickTime Video
Air Power: Making a Hovercraft In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members make their own hovercraft and demonstrate how the air leaking out of a balloon can make a plastic plate hover above a table.	K-8	QuickTime Video
Defy Gravity! Balancing Balls on Air In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members use a hair dryer to balance a ball in a stream of air, seemingly defying gravity.	K-8	QuickTime Video
Defy Gravity! Upside Down Ping Pong Ball In this video segment, the ZOOM cast is challenged to keep a ping pong ball in a funnel while the funnel is held upside down, seemingly defying gravity.	3-8	QuickTime Video
Density and Buoyancy: Pouring Air into Water This video segment adapted from ZOOM offers a clever demonstration of buoyancy by showing how to pour a cup of air into a cup filled with water.	K-8	QuickTime Video
Designing a Puff Mobile The air you exhale can power a puff mobile. Watch as the ZOOM cast races their air-powered designs to see which design features are the most successful.	K-5	QuickTime Video
Designing Balloon Cars Can the air in a balloon power a car? Watch students from Weston, Massachusetts, demonstrate their balloon car designs in this video adapted from ZOOM.	3-8	QuickTime Video
Exploring Windmill Design In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members are challenged to design a windmill that can be powered by a hair dryer.	3-8	QuickTime Video
Glider Boy Meet 12-year-old Jesse, the designer of dozens of gliders, in this ZOOM video segment. Some of his gliders fit in your hand, while others can only be stored in the garage. Watch his gliders go and learn why they fly.	K-8	QuickTime Video
Lifting with Air How can you lift a heavy metal table using air? In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members succeed in lifting a table using their own breath and a few plastic bags.	K-8	QuickTime Video
Virtual Balloon Cars This interactive activity from ZOOM lets you experiment with a virtual balloon car of your own making. Find out which design elements make the car go faster and farther.	3-8	Executable Interactive
Windmill Gallery This collection of still images features a variety of windmills and turbines.	K-12	Flash Image
Windmills: Putting Wind Energy to Work Students use simple materials to build their own windmills and learn how wind can be used to help get work done.	2	Lesson Plan