Tenth graders explore the gas laws — starting with Boyle’s Law, which shows that squeezing a gas into a smaller volume raises its pressure — and learn how pressure, volume, and temperature are connected.
Students will be able to…
Push a plunger on a sealed syringe and it gets harder to press — the trapped gas pushes back. Why does squeezing a gas raise its pressure? The gas laws explain it.
Project this and change the volume. Watch the pressure rise as you squeeze the gas — their product stays constant!
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Press a sealed syringe and it pushes back — why?
Students investigate.
Students explain.
Students elaborate.
Students conclude.
Aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards (High School Physical Science / Chemistry).
Plan investigations to gather evidence about bulk properties from particle forces.
Model how energy is related to motion of particles.
Explain energy changes in matter.
Planning and carrying out investigations.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students explore how heating a gas at constant pressure increases its volume (Charles’s Law) — explaining why a balloon expands in the sun. A printable gas-laws sheet is in the Science library.
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