Feeling the Pressure Kit

Can you feel the weather changing or do you have to rely on your eyes? Experiment with temperature and pressure to develop your understanding of weather and how to predict it.

In this kit, you will learn about extreme weather and how weather moves around the globe. You will also experiment with temperature and pressure, learn about weather data, and make a weather report.

This Accelerate level kit includes a full-color student workbook and a detailed teacher guide, with step-by-step instructions for both hands-on and reading-based activities designed to engage students in weather.

Both teacher and student will be able to open the box and start within minutes, and the kit will provide over 12 hours of engaging learning.

In this kit, the student will partake in these fun activities:

1. Wonder about the causes of extreme weather events.
2. Learn about the movement of air around the globe.
3. Explore how temperature and pressure cause dramatic changes in local weather.
4. Learn how weather is predicted.
5. Learn about meteorology and create your own weather report.

Use "Feeling the Pressure" to answer questions such as:

• How do I make sense of weather maps and data?
• How is weather predicted?
• What causes weather in the atmosphere?
• What is the difference between weather and climate?

Our Feeling the Pressure kit is a part of the Science Unlocked Accelerate series and is recommended for grades 3-7.

Interested in learning more? Check out our Student Workbook Sample and Teacher Guide Sample!

More Information

• Safety Information (SDS)
• In the Student Workbook, on page 14, the last paragraph should indicate that northern hemisphere hurricanes spin counterclockwise and southern hemisphere hurricanes spin clockwise. The image on page 15 should have the red spinners swapped in their orientation. 

This kit contains:

• 1 Pie Plate
• 1 Skewer
• 1 Cardstock
• 1 Marker
• 1 Food Coloring
• 1 Grape Juice
• 1 Ice  Cube Tray
• 1 Inflatable Globe
• 1 Pair of Gloves
• 1 Plastic Beaker
• 2 Plastic Bottles with Caps
• 1 Plastic Cup
• 2 Rubber Bands

You will also need:

• Freezer
• Hot pad or oven mitt
• Kitchen tongs
• Refrigerator
• Saucepan
• Scissors
• Stove
• Water

Working with more than one student? Purchase additional student workbooks here.

• Learning outcome: Can you feel the weather changing or do you have to rely on your eyes? Experiment with temperature and pressure to develop your understanding of weather and how to predict it.
• NGSS science standards alignment

• 3-ESS2-1 Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
• MS-ESS2-5 Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses results in changes in weather conditions.
• MS-ESS2-6 Develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of the Earth cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates.