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Subject: Atmosphere

Strips of plastic on a globe model our atmosphere.

Discover why the sky is blue and the sunset is red.

Create a convection cell inside a CD case.

Give flight a spin with the Magnus effect.

Feel atmospheric pressure changes by stepping into a garbage bag.

Create clouds in a bottle by rapidly expanding the air.

Model the carbon cycle and its principal reservoirs and flow rates using rice.

Why is the sky blue? That's a sticky question.

Watch the rise and fall of hot and cold fluids.

Levitating magnets show how the Earth’s atmosphere stacks up.

Explore a famous environmental data set to learn about climate change.

Explore the twinkling of stars by beaming a laser pointer over a hot plate.

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