Audience
Educators
Grade Levels
Grades 9-12
Subject
Mathematics, Physical Science, Measurement and Data Analysis, Chemistry
Type
Lesson Plans / Activities
Key Topic: Gas Laws
The Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) is a large pool where diving sessions allow astronauts an atmosphere resembling microgravity (weightlessness) in order to train for missions involving spacewalks. Other divers assist the astronauts during their spacewalk practice. In this activity, students will learn what is involved in a dive session at the NBL. Students explore a method for adding air to a gas cylinder and determine that amount of gas needed by a diver during one session and use a graphing calculator to complete the lab activity.
Students will:
- Explore and apply gas laws.
- Add pressure to a bottle and determine the moles of gas added using the ideal gas law.
- Create and interpret a mathematical model as it relates to the experiment performed.
- Relate findings from the experiment to a real-world situation.
Downloads
This activity requires the use of Texas Instrument Nspire (TI-Nspire) graphing calculator technology to be used successfully.
Files for use with the TI-Nspire
Diving Down Deep TI-Nspire Educator Edition
Diving Down Deep TI-Nspire Student Edition
These files are software specific files for TI- Nspire calculators.
Diving Down Deep TI-Nspire Document (TNS 171 KB)
Diving Down Deep TI-Nspire Document w/ Solutions (TNS 175 KB)
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