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Barometer Investigation

Grades 5-8 Performance Task

Contributed by: Oregon State Department of Education

Students will construct a barometer to use in an experiment that they design to measure the air pressure on a daily basis. These observations of air pressure will allow students to determine how weather is affected when a storm is approaching and to predict weather.



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