Air Pressure Curriculum

Introduction

• Overview
• Challenges in Understanding Air Pressure
• Instructional Approach
• Having Students Model Their Ideas
• Endnotes for Introduction

Section 1: Non-obvious Causes

• Overview
• Lesson 1: Air Pressure is Non-obvious but Causes Effects
  • Understanding Goals
  • Background Information
  • Lesson Plan
• Lesson 2: When Non-obvious Causes Become Obvious
  • Understanding Goals
  • Background Information
  • Lesson Plan
• Resources for Section 1
• Reinforcement Activities
• Endnotes for Section 1

Section 2: Passive Causes

• Overview
• Lesson 3: Passive Causal Agents and the Omnidirectional Nature of Air Pressure
  • Understanding Goals
  • Background Information
  • Lesson Plan
• Lesson 4: Considering How Well Models Depict Air Pressure as Omnidirectional
  • Understanding Goals
  • Background Information
  • Lesson Plan
• Reinforcement Activities
• Endnotes for Section 2

Section 3: Relational Causality

• Overview
• Lesson 5: Contrasting Linear and Relational Causality in Explaining Air Pressure Phenomena
  • Understanding Goals
  • Background Information
  • Lesson Plan
• Lesson 6: Applying Relational Causality to Reasoning About Boyle's Law
  • Understanding Goals
  • Background Information
  • Lesson Plan
• Lesson 7: Reasoning About Air Pressure Differentials Using Relational Causality
  • Understanding Goals
  • Background Information
  • Lesson Plan
• Lesson 8: What is Charles' Law and How Does it Involve Relational Causality?
  • Understanding Goals
  • Background Information
  • Lesson Plan
• Lesson 9: Relational Causality and Bernoulli's Principle
  • Understanding Goals
  • Background Information
  • Lesson Plan
• Resources for Section 3
• Reinforcement Activities
• Endnotes for Section 3

Acknowledgements