Let's Try it Out in the Air

I recently wrote about how much we enjoyed the book, Let's Try it Out with Towers and Bridges.  We also borrowed Let's Try it Out in the Air from the library.  This book explores how you know air is around you when you can't see it.  Simple experiments show children ways they can observe the presence of air and the pressure it exerts.  

Through several experiments, C and R learned the following concepts:

• air moves and carries visible objects and invisible particles (smells)
• air can be captured and used to exert pressure on the inside of an object
• air can exert pressure upward and reduce the impact of gravity on an object
• the effectiveness of this upward pressure increases with the surface area of an object and the movement of the air beneath it

We have really enjoyed learning with this series of books.  I really appreciate that the experiments can be performed with objects we have around the house.  There is one more book in the series about water that we hope to try soon.  They are perfect for teaching science concepts to young children.

I am linking this to Science Sunday at Adventures in Mommydom.