Links 5

How Do Drinking Straws Work?– This web page gives a nice overview of the ins and outs of the physics of straws. It connects it to how barometers work as well.

https://indianapublicmedia.org/amomentofscience/drinking-straws-work/

How Does Pressure Change with Ocean Depth?– This article is from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration U.S. Department of Commerce and it tells us about how the pressure in the ocean works the deeper down you go. I was so interested in by the deep diving information that was given in class and how people even died doing it sometimes.

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/pressure.html

Atomospheric pressure: The fountain experiment– I was impressed by the pressure fountain demonstration in class so I thought I would find another demonstration of it. This video explains it very well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5QNHcbBYvI

High or low pressure: What it means for the weather– I was curious to learn more about how pressure affects weather. I found this article from The Weather Channel.

https://weather.com/en-GB/unitedkingdom/weather/news/weather-high-low-pressure-explained