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Experimenting with Pressure and Volume

by Stephanie Tallman
Sciencerulz@cox.net

Grade Level:9-12 Content Area: Science
Students will study the relationship between temperature and pressure using a paper-pencil laboratory activity and a laboratory activity involving Vernier software.

Downloads
Charles's Law Lab Sheet

Lesson Goals

    • Students will investigate temperature and pressure with simple laboratory equipment.
    • Students will use a handheld with sensors and probes to study temperature and pressure.
    • Students will explore the nature of gases with respect to temperature.
    • Students will be able to analyze and explain a graph of the data collected.

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Procedures

    1. Beam DataPro software and Calculator Converter to each student.
    2. Pair students and pass out the Charles’s Law laboratory worksheet.
    3. Perform the Charles’s Law laboratory activity by following the procedure on the worksheet.
    4. Complete the data table and questions.
    5. Get your teacher’s signature upon completion of the questions and data table.
    6. Use the conversion calculator to check Temperature (K), radius, and volume.
    7. Use Memo Pad to summarize your findings.
    8. Set up the Vernier Pressure-Temperature laboratory activity.
    9. Using the same partners, perform the Pressure-Temperature laboratory activity.
    10. Complete the data table and questions.
    11. Compare and contrast your findings from the two laboratory activities in Memo Pad.
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