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Convection Demonstration

Convection Demonstration

In this quick activity (located on page 2 of the PDF), learners will see the effects of convection and understand what makes hot air balloons rise. Learners will fill a bottle with hot water colored red and another bottle with cold water colored blue, then lower both into a container of water and observe the interaction of liquids of different temperatures/densities. Relates to the linked video, DragonflyTV GPS: Balloon Fiesta....

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Keywords:
Liquids, Hot Air Balloons, NSDL, Pressure, Physics, Conducting Investigations, Volume and Density, Chemistry, Atmosphere, Earth System Science, Atmospheric Science, Space Science, Materials Science, Transportation, Physical Science, Transportation Engineering, Density, Geoscience, Mathematics, Convection, Engineering, General Science, Technology, Fluids, Education, Heat and Temperature, Gravity, Formulating Explanations
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Material Type:
Simulation
Date Added to MERLOT:
July 27, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:
August 30, 2017
Authors:
Submitter:
Barbra Bied Sperling
Hispanic Serving Institution
Primary Audience:
Grade School, Middle School
Technical Format:
Website
Mobile Compatibility:
Not specified at this time
Language:
English
Cost Involved:
No
Source Code Available:
No
Creative Commons:
Unknown

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