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Gas Laws: Why Do My Tires Deflate in Winter? Instructional VideoGas Laws: Why Do My Tires Deflate in Winter? Instructional Video
Publisher
JFR Science
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Grade
9th - Higher Ed
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
12:41
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Duration
15 mins
Instructional Strategy
Direct Instruction
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Year
2014
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Gas Laws: Why Do My Tires Deflate in Winter?

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How many phenomena in the natural world can you explain through the relationship between temperature, pressure, and volume? Science scholars explore the gas laws with a video from JFR Science. Topics include manipulating gas laws equations, direct and inverse relationships, and how the gas laws translate into everyday happenings.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

gas laws, temperature, pressure, volume, gases, properties of gases, degrees kelvin, absolute zero, the ideal gas law, boyle's law, charles' law

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Make the video an engaging introduction to gas laws
  • Assign the resource as homework to prep pupils for the next day's lesson

Classroom Considerations

  • The content assumes no prior knowledge of the gas laws, making it perfect for beginners
  • This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

  • Tires deflating due to temperature makes a great topic for problem-based learning
  • From  managing volume units to converting to Kelvin, the narrator covers it all!

Cons

  • None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2

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