Can you feel air?
To explain to children that you can feel air, you can carry out very simple experiments with them. You don't need a lot of equipment to do this either.
What you need:
- paper
- scissors
- water
- Glass
- drinking straw
- balloon
- Air pump
Making air "visible" or showing a child how to feel or see air is not difficult. All you need is a few additional materials and patience.
So you can feel air
- Inflate a balloon, instead of tying it in a knot, let the air out on a child's face or hand.
- Wet a child's arm or face and use a regular bicycle air pump to re-dry the area. Give the child a glass of water and a straw. Now let the child blow air into the water through the straw. The child could also feel the air bubbles with their fingers. Then you should use a bowl instead of a glass if necessary.
- Take a sturdy cardboard or styrofoam lid and move it up and down in front of the child's face at different speeds. It will definitely notice the breeze.
Further experiments with air
- Cut a circle out of a piece of paper. Now cut a spiral out of this circle. The spiral is tied and held at the midpoint. Hold the coil over a heater or a candle flame. The warm air causes it to start rotating.
- Take a piece of paper and put it on the table. Now blow under the sheet and it will lift off the table and flutter.
- Take a cotton ball and blow the cotton ball towards each other across the table. Who will manage to blow so hard that the cotton wool can be blown off the table of the person opposite?
- Take the individual layers of a handkerchief. Place a sheet on the child's face and let them breathe out forcefully. The handkerchief will fly away from your face.
Experiments in elementary school with air - a guide
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