Lesson 5 - Modeling Pressure Relationships Preview CT-STEM

Exploration 1 - Demo

GOING TO PLACE A VIDEO HERE THAT SHOWS AN EXPERIMENT IN WHICH A SYRINGE IS CONNECTED TO A FLASK. THE EXPERIMENTER HEATS THE AIR INSIDE THE FLASK BY COVERING IT WITH HIS HANDS AND DEMONSTRATES HOW THE POSITION OF THE PLUNGER.

In a moment your teacher will be demonstrating an interesting phenomenon. Make careful observations and record them in question 1 below. Then answer the following questions.

Questions

Please answer the questions below.

Question 2.1

1. What are some changes you observed occur in the glass syringe system during the demonstration?

Question 2.2

2. Why do you think the syringe behaved in the way it did?

Question 2.3

3. What was the independent variable in the demonstration (what condition did the teacher change that then led to the changes in the behavior of the system)?

Question 2.4

4. What was the dependent variable in the demonstration (what property of the system appeared to be affected by the change the teacher made)?

Notes

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