Air (Vancouver)
Pump up your neurons!
With the weight of an elephant on the body or experiencing the sensation of being on the Moon, the air is full of surprises! Before their bewildered eyes, young minds get to see a marshmallow puff up to twice its normal size using our evacuate bell jar. Then during five hair-raising experiments (floating balls, Bernoulli balloon contests, soap-bubble geometry shapes, swim bladder and buoyancy), your young scientists will discover the secrets of this mysterious substance, its composition, force, how it is used for planes and even fish! It will blow you away!
For 30 more minutes:
Let’s take you to the Moon with the vacuum chamber, where no sound can be heard from our alarm clock inside!
Objectives at the elementary level:
- Describe the composition of air (hydrogen, oxygen and rare gases).
- Understand that air has weight and mass.
- Explain the concept of atmospheric pressure.
- Recognize various demonstrations of pressure (e.g. inflatable balloon, atmospheric pressure, bubble and airplane wing).
- Describe how pressure acts on a body (compression, displacement and temperature increase).
- Explain the concept of lift and aero dynamism.
Additional details
Type of service |
Children's parties, Classroom workshop, Community workshop (50 years and older), Organizational events, Pedagogical day
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Customer type |
Elementary: grade 2, Elementary: grade 3, Elementary: grade 4, Elementary: grade 5, Elementary: grade 6, Multi-age, Secondary: grade 7, Secondary: grade 8, Elementary: grades 1 and 2, Elementary: grades 3 and 4, Elementary: grades 5 and 6, Secondary: grades 7 and 8
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Duration |
75 minutes, 60 minutes
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Categorie |
Earth and Space
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Our needs
- Access to electrical outlets is required.
- A sink must be available close to the areas where the animation activities will take place.
- If there isn’t much time between animation activities, it is strongly recommended that they are set up in the same area.
- 5 teams must be formed before the science animator arrives.