An Easy Approach for Reading Manometers to Determine Gas Pressure: The Analogy of the Child's Seesaw.

Garde, Ira Batra

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ERIC Number: EJ348014

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Publication Date: 1986

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An Easy Approach for Reading Manometers to Determine Gas Pressure: The Analogy of the Child's Seesaw.

Garde, Ira Batra

Journal of Chemical Education, v63 n9 p796-97 Sep 1986

Discusses some of the difficulties in the measurement of pressure, including the use of open-ended and closed-ended manometers. Suggests the use of an analogy of a child's seesaw in teaching about manometers. Includes diagrams showing how various positions and weights on a seesaw compare with different pressure measurements. (TW)

Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Diagrams, Higher Education, Illustrations, Instructional Improvement, Measurement Equipment, Pressure (Physics), Science Activities, Science Education, Science Instruction, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Teaching Methods, Visual Aids

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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