Experiment Set Air

Raise sunken ships, discover the secret of floating spheres and other adventures

We are constantly breathing air in and out. Air pressure bears down on us. Air is something tangible, material. Most younger pupils are unaware of all this.
That's why many of the properties of air that seem obvious first have to be "put in doubt" so that pupils can recognise them.

The materials provided in the air case facilitate numerous simple student experiments and guarantee the success of experimentation carried out as desk work. Everyday items of technology e.g. air pumps and valves become comprehensible. Furthermore, teachers can hold their own demonstrations with a hot-air balloon and a model rocket. Both experiments are spectacular and a great prompt for discussion.

• 31 desk tasks for experimenting with copy templates
• materials for up to 12 groups
• with teacher's guide, materials in an organised case
• suitable from 3rd or 4th year of school

The set contains materials for up to 12 groups and experiments for 31 workstations, including corresponding copy templates. A teacher's guide contains instructions on all the experiments.

Experiments on the topic of air:
Is air nothing?
- Air is something
- Valves, valves, valves
- We need air to live
- A coat made of air
- The fire in the water bath
- An air poem
- The funnel trick
- The paper towel trick
- Building work under water
- Experiments with bottles in the bath

Air makes pressure
- The test of courage
- Suckers, suckers, suckers
- The balloon-beaker trick
- How Bennie emptied his aquarium
- The secret of the floating spheres

Air has force
- Compressed air
- How an air pump works
- The cheeky little paper ball
- Raising "sunken ships" - a tricky challenge

Air moves
- Blowback vehicle
- Building instructions for a rocket cableway
- Hovercraft vehicles

Air lets things fly
- Why does a hot air balloon go up?
- Why does an aeroplane go up?
- Parachutes, parachutes, parachutes
- The parachute repair shop
- We build propeller planes
- We build tubular planes
- We test paper planes

For air detectives
- "There's something in the air"
- The air interview

All the materials are supplied in a plastic case where everything has its fixed place in the foam insert. This makes it easy to check everything is there and the individual components won't fall around during transport.
An illustrated overview provides a good summary of where each piece belongs and can be quickly removed and replaced thanks to the hook and loop fastening.

Dimensions case: approx. 53.5 x 44 x 14 cm (LxWxH)

Contents:

• 6 blowback vehicles made of plastic, approx. 9.7 x 6 cm
• 12 plastic pipes, transparent, approx. 200 mm long
• 6 tape measures made of plastic film 1 m
• 1 metal plate, approx. 14.5 cm diameter
• 1 Esbit stove, nickel plated, approx. 9.5 x 7.5 cm
• 1 pack dry Esbit fuel
• 6 suction pad hooks made of plastic, approx. 4.5 cm diameter, 6 cm long
• 1 sprayer made of plastic, approx. 8 cm high, 1.5 cm diameter
• 1 jar Vaseline, approx. 40 g
• 6 nozzles with hose connector made of plastic, 10 ml
• 1 stop watch, digital, batteries cannot be replaced, approx. 7.5 x 5 x 1.5 cm
• 6 tea lights in metallic containers
• 2 microscope scissors, pointed/rounded, approx. 11 cm long
• 6 floats made of plastic, approx. 2.5 cm diameter
• 6 tube caps for suction flasks, 8 mm diameter, 10 mm long
• 6 microscope slides made of plastic, with subdivisions, approx. 75 x 25 x 1 mm
• 6 plastic tubes, 120/5 mm
• 6 balloon valves made of plastic, approx. 7.5 cm long
• 6 valve supports for blowback vehicles made of plastic, approx.3.5 cm long
• 6 express valves
• 6 air-cushion sheets made of plastic, approx. 11 cm diameter
• 1 balloon pump made of plastic, approx. 27 x 6 x 3.5 cm
• 1 roll of adhesive tape
• 1 heating pipe for Esbit stove, 150 mm long
• 3 air pumps with transparent cylinder, approx. 25.5 cm long, 2.5 cm diameter
• 2 parachutes with weight
• 50 balloons
• 1 building set rocket model ROKIT, 7 pcs
• 6 plastic funnels, 60 cm diameter
• 6 plastic cups, 100 ml
• 6 triple lens microscopes made of plastic, 5.5. x 9.3 cm
• 6 plastic discs, white 90 x 90 mm
• 1 nylon cord on a reel
• 6 suction flasks with perforated lid and removable base, plastic, 90 ml
• 1 hot air balloon made of special foil
• 2 plastic boxes, 140/50/35 mm
• 1 storage plan with hook and loop fastening
• teacher's guide, copy templates and materials