Learning Goals
Learning Goals:
- Students will understand that hot air rises
- Students will understand why hot water and hot air rise and cold air and cold water sink.
- Students will learn that wind is produced by warm air rising and cold air sinking.
- Students will learn that the energy of moving hot air can be converted into other forms of energy.
- Students will understand that energy from the sun can be converted into heat.
- Students will discuss the effects of the chimney stack phenomenon.
Materials List
Handouts
Classroom Supplies
- Pencils
- Paper
- Scissors
- 4 Glass bottles or jars that can be inverted on top of one another
- Food coloring (red, blue, yellow)
- Water
- A Solar bag
- A Swedish or German candle spinner
- A Lamp without a shade
- Needle and string
- Radiometer
Important Links