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OpenStax

Open Stax: Gauge Pressure, Absolute Pressure, and Pressure Measurement

For Students 11th - 12th
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...
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Pressures in the Body

For Students 11th - 12th
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.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Blood Pressure Works?

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: What Is Blood Pressure?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan students measure their own blood pressure and learn about the health effects of high blood pressure.
Article
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Ww2010: Atmospheric Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: The Changing Life of Air Pressure

For Teachers 4th
Activity demonstrates how heating air will cause air to rise and become a low-pressure area.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Discovering Earth's Air Pressure

For Teachers 4th
Understand the existence of air pressure on earth.
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eSchool Today

E School Today: Your Cool Basics on High Blood Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
Examines high blood pressure or hypertension, what it is, how it is diagnosed, factors that affect blood pressure, types of hypertension, risk factors, complications from high blood pressure, how it can be treated, and prevention...
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Fluid Pressure and Flow

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore pressure in the atmosphere and underwater. Reshape a pipe to see how it changes fluid flow speed. Experiment with a leaky water tower to see how the height and water level determine the water trajectory. Java required.
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Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: The Pressure of a Gas

For Students 9th - 10th
The General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, or Chem 1, is broken into a section relating directly to gases. This section deals specifically with gas pressure and the units and methods in which it is measured.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Air Under Pressure

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are introduced to air masses, with an emphasis on the differences between and characteristics of high - versus low-pressure air systems. Students also hear about weather forecasting instrumentation and how engineers work to...
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Measure the Pressure

For Students 3rd - 8th
Scientists have developed an instrument called a barometer that can measure atmospheric pressure. In this activity, you will find out how a barometer works by building one yourself.
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Creative Science Centre

Creative Science Centre: Air Pressure, Manometers, Barometers and Altimeters

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what manometers, barometers, and altimeters are and how they are used to measure air pressure.
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Oklahoma Mesonet

University of Oklahoma: High and Low Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
This University of Oklahoma meteorology tutorial explores both high and low pressure systems--how they form and the different forms they take.
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WebMD

Web Md: High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from WebMD Health provides information on high blood pressure, otherwise known as hypertension. Provides a good overview of the problem, then goes into some frequently asked questions, causes, symptoms, risks, treatment and...
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Sound Is a Pressure Wave

For Students 9th - 10th
This physics tutorial invites users to discover how sound is a pressure wave. Be sure to view the animation.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Coronary Heart Disease and Blood Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a passage about coronary heart disease and blood pressure and answer the follow-up questions.
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Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon: Vapor Pressure Tank

For Students 9th - 10th
Basic design of a demonstration machine that will lower the vapor pressure and cause water to evaporate at room temperature.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Shallow & Deep Foundations

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the critical nature of foundations as they learn differences between shallow and deep foundations, including the concepts of bearing pressure and settlement. Using models representing a shallow foundation and a deep...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Heat Engine

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will learn about heat engines, explore pressure volume diagrams, and figure how to calculate ideal efficiencies of heat engines.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Atomic and Molecular Explanation of Pressure and Temperature

For Students 11th - 12th
A college textbook section that explores the kinetic theory. Learn how the kinetic theory relates to ideal gas law and thermal energy. Section includes problems and questions for the students to answer to ensure understanding. Book can...
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Frostburg State University

Frostburg State Chemistry Online: Pressure & Oxygen Solubility

For Students 9th - 10th
The effect of changing pressure on the solubility of oxygen in water. Explains how temperature and pressure affect dissolved oxygen levels. Includes example formulas.
Activity
University of Oregon

Welcome to the Pressure Chamber

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has an online experiment for testing the ideal gas law.
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Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic: High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from MayoClinic.com discusses hypertension. Content explores what hypertension is, the signs and symptoms, causes and risk factors, screening and diagnosis, treatment, and more.

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