Barometers
I was recently reading the September/October 2022 issue of \u201cScience & Children\u201d a publication of the National Science Teaching Association.\xa0\xa0In this issue, I read the Science 101 column, written by Matt Bobrowsky.\xa0\xa0He wrote a column entitled, \u201cDo You Have a Weather-Related Activity That My Students Would Enjoy?\u201d\xa0\xa0
In this column, Matt addressed two topics:\xa0\xa0Air Pressure and Barometers.\xa0\xa0This lead me to do a two-part podcast series.\xa0\xa0The previous podcast looked at the topic of air pressure and how it can be explained to students and this podcast will deal with the tool that measures air pressure - barometers.\xa0\xa0The air that surrounds us and surrounds the Earth is called air pressure.\xa0\xa0So, the pressure in the air surrounding us is called atmospheric pressure.\xa0\xa0An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure is called a barometer.