OpenStax
Open Stax: Gauge Pressure, Absolute Pressure, and Pressure Measurement
From a chapter on Fluid Statics in a Physics textbook. This section of the chapter looks at the definitions of gauge pressure and absolute pressure, and how barometers work. It also discusses how blood pressure is measured. Includes...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Gauge Pressure, Absolute Pressure, and Pressure Measurement
By the end of this section, you will be able to define gauge pressure and absolute pressure and to understand the working of aneroid and open-tube barometers.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Fluid Statics: Pressures in the Body
By the end of this section, you will be able to explain the concept of pressure in the human body; explain systolic and diastolic blood pressures; and describe pressures in the eye, lungs, spinal column, bladder, and skeletal system.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Pressures in the Body
From a chapter on Fluid Statics in a Physics textbook. This section of the chapter covers the different types of fluid pressures in the human body and how they are measured. Includes problems and exercises.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Variation of Pressure With Depth in a Fluid
By the end of this section, you will be able to define pressure in terms of weight, explain the variation of pressure with depth in a fluid, and calculate density given pressure and altitude.
American Heart Association
Aha: Monitoring Your Blood Pressure at Home
Article from the American Heart Association entitled "Monitoring Your Blood Pressure at Home." Discusses AHA recommendations on choosing a monitoring device and how to use it properly. It also provides a blood pressure chart and links to...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Ap Physics: Fluid Statics: Pressure
By the end of this section, you will be able to define pressure, explain the relationship between pressure and force, and calculate force given pressure and area.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Blood Pressure Works?
If you lined up all the blood vessels in your body, they'd be 60 thousand miles long. And every day, they carry the equivalent of over two thousand gallons of blood to the body's tissues. What effect does this pressure have on the walls...
American Heart Association
American Heart Association: Low Blood Pressure
Presents low blood pressure as a common side effect of pregnancy, some medications, and other circumstances, but as an indication of a potential problem if associated with a provided list of warning signs and symptoms.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Tire Pressure
[Free Registration/Login Required] Uncover the relationship between pressure, force, and contact area in the context of a fire truck. Play with vehicle mass, number of tires, and guage pressure with this simulation to see what...
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: What Is Blood Pressure?
In this lesson plan students measure their own blood pressure and learn about the health effects of high blood pressure.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Dealing With Peer Pressure
Making decisions on your own is hard enough, but when other people get involved and try to pressure you one way or another it can be even harder. When people your own age try to influence how you act, it's called peer pressure. It's...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Atmospheric Pressure
Did you know that air has weight? This illustrated essay from the NOVA Web site explores conditions that affect air density and atmospheric pressure.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Blood Flow, Blood Pressure, and Resistance
Learn about the components and measurement of arterial blood pressure, as well as the variables affecting blood flow and blood pressure in this learning exercise.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Factors of Weather Under Pressure
How does air affect our weather? Students will conduct an experiment to demonstrate how air pressure and humidity work. Included are pictures and videos of the lesson in action, whole group and individualized instruction plans, and a...
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Under Pressure
An interactive simulation that teaches about pressure, fluids, and density by observing changes in pressure under and above water with changes in variables including fluids, gravity, container shapes, and volume. This simulation can...
US Food and Drug Administration
U.s. Food and Drug Administration: High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
Focuses on the basics of the disease high blood pressure (hypertension) such as risk factors, signs, effects, and control; specifically in women.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Ww2010: Atmospheric Pressure
This site from the University of Illinois describes what air pressure is and how it is measured. Explains high and low pressure areas, isobars, and how pressure changes with height.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Tree House Weather Kids: Air Pressure and Wind: Under an Ocean of Air Pressure
Animated resource helps young researchers understand air pressure and how we measure it.
Utah Education Network
Uen: The Changing Life of Air Pressure
Activity demonstrates how heating air will cause air to rise and become a low-pressure area.
Carnegie Mellon University
Chem Collective: Osmotic Pressure
When a balloon is filled to near bursting with SF6 is left in air, it will often burst after a period of time. This is because the smaller N2 molecules diffuses into the balloon while the larger SF6 molecules remains causing the balloon...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Trb 4:2 Investigation 4 Air Pressure & Barometers
Activity helps students gain an understanding of barometric pressure.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Lab 5: All About Air Pressure
A lab experiment in a series of experiments that explores hurricanes. Students learn about the effects of the differences in air pressure with hand-on experiments and demonstrations
Utah Education Network
Uen: Discovering Earth's Air Pressure
Understand the existence of air pressure on earth.
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