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Amazing Space Marshmallows
![Astronauts are protected from the vacuum of space by their spacesuits Amazing Space Marshmallows](https://assist.asta.edu.au/sites/assist.asta.edu.au/files/styles/desktop_resource_details_view/public/Astronaut_Small_by_Merlin2525_4.png?itok=256MhDwi)
Publication Date:
April, 2013
Type of Resource:
Video/animation
This video shows the effect of a vacuum on marshmallows.
The video could be used to reinforce the fact that space is a vacuum and explain why astronauts need to wear spacesuits.
For older students, it could also be used as a demonstration of Boyle's law, which relates pressure and volume for gases.
Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S2U01 (Year 2), AC9S6U02 (Year 6), AC9S7U03 (Year 7)
Australian Curriculum:
- Year 5 > Science Understanding > Earth and Space Sciences > The Earth is part of a system of planets orbiting around a star (the sun) > ACSSU078