This experiment uses simple items, such as a balloon and a glass jar, to make an innovative tool. Follow along with ABC11 Science Club with BASF and discover how to make and use a barometer to measure ...

Alan says he's heard that watching a barometer can help one to make a weather forecast, and he wants to know how that works. Much of modern weather forecasting requires the processing capabilities of ...

More than 400 years ago, an Italian fellow named Torricelli set out on a quest to prove air had weight. In doing so he developed the instrument we now call a barometer. The results of measuring this ...

When your ears pop on an airplane as it climbs away from the airport or when you drive up into the mountains, you're experiencing a change in air pressure. A barometer measures that air pressure and ...

A barometer is the instrument we use to measure air pressure. At the bottom of this post, I’ll explain why air pressure is critical in forecasting the weather. Cut the neck off the balloon and stretch ...

FARGO — The barometer is one of the basic instruments of meteorology. It is used to measure air pressure. The word comes from a combination of two Greek words; "baro," meaning weight, and "meter," ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — This week we visited Plainfield Child Care in Grand Rapids with a variety of younger-aged kids, so we kept things fun, simple, and hopefully entertaining. This experiment uses a ...