Earth and Space World


Want to know about our solar system?

Click the links to the right for some fun activities about our solar system


Part 1: What is the weather and how is it different from climate?

Part 2: How is air pressure related to weather?

Part 3: What is a barometer?

Part 4: How to make a balloon barometer(aneroid barometer)

Part 5: How to make a simple water bottle barometer

Part 6: How to build a more complex/precise water barometer

Build a Weather Predicting Machine (a barometer)

This is an activity and learning package based on video and web hyperlinks. Read the textboxes and click on the link buttons.

The purposes of this science package are:

To understand the difference between weather and climate

To get an introduction to how air pressure affects weather. Air pressure is also called barometric pressure.

To understand how a barometer works

To build a barometer- you will have a choice between two types: a balloon barometer or a water barometer.


Tips/ideas:

-If possible, build on a day where the weather is neither too rainy and stormy or sunny and perfectly clear.

-Try out your own ideas, building materials or variations in design