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• This experiment, which can be completed in a single class period, examines how pressure affects water flow. In small groups, students work with water and a soda bottle, and then relate their findings to pressure in the deep ocean. The printable six-page handout includes the following elements:

  • A series of inquiry-based questions to get students thinking about pressure, both in the air and under water.
  • Illustrated experiment directions.
  • A worksheet that includes thought-provoking questions along with areas for recording experiment data.

• Completion Time

  Approximately 1 period

• Topic

  Earth Science

• Subtopic

  Oceans

• Subtopic

  National Science Education Standards
  Grades 5-8:
  Science as Inquiry CONTENT STANDARD A: 

  • abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry• understanding about scientific inquiry

  Physical Science CONTENT STANDARD B: 

  • properties and changes of properties in matter• motions and forces• transfer of energy

  Science and Technology CONTENT STANDARD E: 

  • understandings about science and technology

  History and Nature of Science CONTENT STANDARD G: 

  • nature of science

  Grades 9-12:
  Science as Inquiry CONTENT STANDARD A: 

  • abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry• understanding about scientific inquiry

  Physical Science CONTENT STANDARD B: 

  • structure and properties of matter• motions and forces• conservation of energy and increase in disorder

  Science and Technology CONTENT STANDARD E: 

  • understandings about science and technology

  History and Nature of Science CONTENT STANDARD G: 

  • nature of scientific knowledge

• Learning Standard

  National Science Education Standards
  Grades 5-8:
  Science as Inquiry CONTENT STANDARD A: 

  • abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry• understanding about scientific inquiry

  Physical Science CONTENT STANDARD B: 

  • properties and changes of properties in matter• motions and forces• transfer of energy

  Science and Technology CONTENT STANDARD E: 

  • understandings about science and technology

  History and Nature of Science CONTENT STANDARD G: 

  • nature of science

  Grades 9-12:
  Science as Inquiry CONTENT STANDARD A: 

  • abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry• understanding about scientific inquiry

  Physical Science CONTENT STANDARD B: 

  • structure and properties of matter• motions and forces• conservation of energy and increase in disorder

  Science and Technology CONTENT STANDARD E: 

  • understandings about science and technology

  History and Nature of Science CONTENT STANDARD G: 

  • nature of scientific knowledge