Air Pressure and Altitude

Make air pressure make sense with this cloze notes worksheet built for special education and ELL students in grades 6-8. This scaffolded fill-in-the-blank resource walks through atmospheric pressure in five short, connected sections: living at the bottom of an ocean of air, why pressure decreases as altitude increases, how the density of air thins with height, measuring pressure with a barometer in millibars, and why forecasters adjust readings to sea level.

Students complete 8 fill-in-the-blank vocabulary terms using a shuffled word bank, keeping the reading load light while the science stays rigorous. The single-page format is ideal for interactive notebooks, sub plans, homework, stations, or review before a weather and atmosphere assessment.

What's included:

• One-page cloze notes worksheet with bold word bank
• Complete answer key
• Digital, self-grading version of the same activity

No prep is required: simply print and go, or assign the self-grading digital version for instant feedback and easy checking.

Aligned to NGSS MS-ESS2-5 and MS-ESS2-6, this earth science resource gives students who need structured note-taking a clear path through a tricky physical concept. Pair it with our What Is Air Made Of? and layers of the atmosphere guided notes to complete the unit.