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I Can't Take the Pressure! Lesson PlanI Can't Take the Pressure! Lesson Plan
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I Can't Take the Pressure!

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Students explore the concept of air pressure. Using candy or cookie wafers to model how air pressure changes with altitude, they conduct an aluminum can crushing experiment, compare the magnitude to gravitational force per unit area, and complete various worksheets and graphs.

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air pressure, air, altitude, elevation

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air pressure, air pressure experiment, altitude, elevation, science
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Grade
4th - 6th
Subjects
Science
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Inquiry-Based Learning
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