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Warm Air Rises

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Project
Subjects
Physics
Topics
Energy Scientific Inquiry
Time for activity
20:00

Warm air can move things. Explore the principle of buoyancy with us, build a moving air snake and make a bag rocket rise. In this video, elementary school children and kindergarteners learn that warm air rises. In elementary school and kindergarten, children can replicate this experiment under adult guidance and supervision, because experimenting with air is really fun. Warm air rises because it has a lower density than cold air. It is therefore lighter than the heavy cold air. This is where children discover the principle of buoyancy.

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Introduction

Warm air can move things. Explore the principle of buoyancy with us, build a moving air snake and make a bag rocket rise. In this video, elementary school children and kindergarteners learn that warm air rises. In elementary school and kindergarten, children can replicate this experiment under adult guidance and supervision, because experimenting with air is really fun. Warm air rises because it has a lower density than cold air. It is therefore lighter than the heavy cold air. This is where children discover the principle of buoyancy.

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Gesellschaft für Umweltbildung Baden-Württemberg e.V