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Unit B: Forms of Matter: Gases

B-58 Hustler in flight

Testing for Aviation Safety

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Learn about some of the ways that aircraft and spacecraft are tested.

Red jellyfish

Life in the Deep Sea

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Learn about the unique creatures that live in deep sea ecosystems.

Four Harvard training aircraft

How Planes Fly

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Learn about what gets planes up in the air, what keeps them up there, and what brings them down again.

Autoportrait de Jill Stagg pris sur le chantier

Jill Stagg

Career Profiles

Steamfitter Apprentice

As an apprentice steamfitter, Jill Stagg is expanding her skills at installing pipes that carry high pressure or dangerous stubstances.
Hot air balloons at dawn

Lighter Than Air Vehicles

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Learn about history and workings of lighter than air vehicles.

Luke Ingersoll en tenue de plongée

Luke Ingersoll

Career Profiles

Occupational Diver

Luke Ingersoll is a diver, the owner of TayAus Diving Ltd., working in the aquaculture industry.
Weather map of Canada

Weather: Atmospheric Pressure

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Learn about the layers of the atmosphere, atmospheric pressure, pressure systems and fronts.

Eric makes art with a straw, thanks to the Bernoulli principle

ScienceXplosion - Painting at the Bernoulli

Interactives

On this episode of ScienceXplosion, Eric makes his own airbrush and learns more about the Bernoulli Principle. It's not magic, it's science!

Scuba divers

Boyle's Law

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Learn about the theory of Boyle’s Law and explore examples of Boyle’s Law in everyday life.

Hot air balloons

Charles' Law and Gay-Lussac's Law

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Learn about the theories of Charles’ Law and Gay-Lussac’s Law and explore examples of these laws in everyday life.

Pressure gauge

Kinetic Molecular Theory of Gases

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Learn about the Kinetic Molecular Theory of Gases as well as about the units and tools used to measure gases.

Woman blowing up a balloon

Avogadro and the Ideal Gas Law

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Learn about the theory of Avogadro’s Law and the Ideal Gas Law and explore examples in everyday life.

Blue whale swimming

Can Whales Really Explode?

STEM Explained

When deceased whales wash up on shore, people fear they might explode. Gas laws, decomposition reactions and organic chemistry can help us understand this fear.

Pitcher holding a baseball

Why Do Curveballs Curve?

STEM Explained

Bernoulli’s equation is key to understanding why curveballs curve.

People playing ice hockey

Why Do Ice Rinks Stay Frozen?

STEM Explained

Every ice rink is an example of molecular bonding and gas laws at work!