Extreme Air Pressure
Explore engineering with air pressure and learn what happens when air isn’t there.
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Vacuum Chamber
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Build a real vacuum chamber and experiment with air pressure.
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Backyard Science Lab
Egg in a Bottle Experiment
Learn an air pressure trick and discover air pressure in action.
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What Happens to Balloons When They Float Away?
Product designer Andy tries an extreme experiment to find out what happens to lost balloons.
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Visit the World's Biggest Vacuum Chamber
Physicist Brian Cox tries an experiment in NASA’s building-sized vacuum chamber.
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Bernoulli's Principle On-Board the International Space Station
Explore the relationship between pressure and speed — on Earth and in space!
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