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Objectives
Investigate the relationship between volume and pressure of gases at constant temperature.

II. Subject Matter

Science Ideas: Boyle’s Law states that volume and pressure are inversely proportional at
constant temperature.

Skills: Investigating, Relating, Manipulating

Values Infused: Relate the significance of volume-pressure relationship in real life situations.

III. Learning Activities

B. Recall/Review:
How would you describe gases?
What are the different physical properties of gas?

C. Motivation
Cartesian dive
The teacher would show a plastic bottle filled with water. Inside that bottle floats
an upside-down test tube that is half filled with water. The teacher would want to see
magic then ask the students to shout sink or float. When the bottle is pressed, the test
tube inside will sink. It will sink when the pressure is released.

Hanging Question: What do you think made the test tube inside the bottle sink or float?
(Note: the teacher would allow the students to answer the hanging question but will not
entertain any of it.)

D. Pre-Activity
Distribution of materials and activity sheets.

E. Activity
Refer to the attached activity (Boyle’s Law)
 F. Post Laboratory
Guide Questions:
 What happened to the balloon inside the syringe when the plunger was pushed
in?
 What happened when the pressure inside the syringe was released?
 When the pressure inside the balloon was reduced/decreased what have you
noticed to the size of the balloon inside? What happened to its volume?
 What can you infer about the relationship between the pressure and volume of
gas?

Note: When the students finally come up with a correct conclusion on the relationship
between pressure and volume of gas, the teacher would then introduce Boyle’s Law – the
pressure and volume of a confined gas are inversely proportional with each other.

IV. Generalization
The teacher would again ask the hanging question (see C. Motivation) on why the
test tube inside the plastic bottle sinks and floats and how could they relate it with Boyle’s
Law. Some of the students might say because the bottle is being pressed or due to change
in pressure. This would be confirmed by the teacher by explaining that the test tube sinks
when the bottle is pressed because the pressure inside the bottle increases. When this
happens, the bubble of gas inside the test tube would decrease in volume, allowing more
water to move in. Thus, making the test tube heavier and it sinks. The reverse happens when
the test tube floats. The same principle applies on how submarines sink and float.

V. Application
Aside from submarines, our own lungs follows Boyle’s Law. The mechanics of our
breathing is controlled by a series of change in pressure and volume in our lung cavity.
The teacher would show a lung model, emphasizing that when the diaphragm moves,
the pressure inside the lung cavity changes which cause the lungs to either inflate or deflate.

VI. Evaluation
1. Which of the following graph shows the pressure-volume relationship?
 a. b. c. d.

2. Which of the following statements about pressure and volume is not true?
a. When pressure is increased, volume decrease.
b. Volume increases when pressure is reduced.
c. Volume is inversely proportional to pressure.
d. None of the above.
3. What will happen to volume when pressure is increased?
a. Increase b. decrease c. would not change d. can’t be
determined
4. Which states that pressure varies inversely with volume?
a. Charles’ law b. Boyle’s Law c. Gay-Lussac’s Law d. Avogadro’s Law
5. Boyle’s Law states that pressure is ____________ proportional to volume.
a. Inversely b. Directly c. Both a & b d. all of the above

VII. Assignment
A. Search for the mathematical equation that represent Boyle’s Law.
B. Using the equation for Boyle’s Law, solve the following problems:
1. A container holds 500 ml of CO2 at 200C and 742 torr. What will be the volume of
CO2 if the pressure is increased to 795 torr?
2. A balloon contains 7.2 L of He. The pressure is reduced to 2.00 atm and the
balloon expands to occupy a volume of 25.1 L. What was the initial pressure
exerted on the balloon?
 Activity: Boyle’s Law

Objective: Investigate the relationship between volume and pressure of gases at constant temperature.

Materials:
 25ml Syringe
 Balloon

Procedure:
1. Prepare the setup by inserting the balloon inside the syringe. Remove first the plunger.
2. Replace the plunger on the syringe. Make sure that the plunger is set to 25 ml.
3. Put a finger on opening at the end of the syringe to keep the gas from escaping.
4. (Trial 1) Push the plunger down as much as possible. By doing this, you are increasing the
pressure inside the syringe. What happened to the balloon? Record your observation on the
table below.
5. (Trial 2) While the plunger is pushed down, release the pressure by removing the finger
covering the open end of the syringe. What happened to the balloon? Record your observation.
6. Set the plunger as low as possible where it is barely touching the balloon.
7. Replace your finger on the open end of the syringe to prevent the gas from going in.
8. (Trial 3) Pull the syringe as high as possible. By doing this, you are lowering the pressure inside
the syringe. What happened to the balloon? Record your observation.

Trial Pressure Volume

Guide Questions:
1. What happened to the balloon inside the syringe when the plunger was pushed in?
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2. What happened when the pressure inside the syringe was released?
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3. When the pressure inside the balloon was reduced/decreased what have you noticed to the size
of the balloon inside? What happened to its volume?
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4. What can you infer about the relationship between the pressure and volume of gas?
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