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66 resources with the concept viscosity

Which Is Stronger: Glue or Tape? Video

Which Is Stronger: Glue or Tape?

5 mins 6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
To tape or to glue? Finally, an answer to a very sticky question. The narrator of a short, entertaining video offers insight into the science of adhesion.
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How to Float a Ping Pong Ball on Air - the Coandă Effect Video

How to Float a Ping Pong Ball on Air - the Coandă Effect

1 min 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
If floating were easy, everyone would do it! How does the Coanda Effect work? A video from a fascinating physics playlist shows how balanced upward and downward forces float a ping pong ball in a stream of air.
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Brownian Motion Interactive

Brownian Motion

9th - Higher Ed
Explore particle motion between solute and solvents. An interactive simulation allows learners to observe the motion of solute particles as they interact with the solvent particles. It provides an option for including Brownian dynamics...
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Viscosity Is a Virtue Lab Resource

Viscosity Is a Virtue

9th - 12th
Understanding viscosity is key to keeping your engine running smoothly. An experimental lesson measures the viscosity of different motor oils. Learners compare their results at different temperatures.
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A Slippery Slimy Substance Lab Resource

A Slippery Slimy Substance

9th - 12th
Get messy with a little slimy science! A series of experiments analyze the properties of slime. Learners also apply the definition of solid and liquid to the characteristics of their slime.
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Is Glass a Liquid? Video

Is Glass a Liquid?

7 mins 7th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Amorphous solid or slow-moving liquid? Learn about glass, pitch, and Earth's mantle through a video from the Veritasium playlist. The narrator describes the molecular structures of amorphous versus crystalline solids, shows examples of...
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Non-Newtonian Fluids—How Slow Can You Go? Lesson Plan

Non-Newtonian Fluids—How Slow Can You Go?

5th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
Children enjoy playing with silly putty, but it provides more than just fun. Young scientists make their own silly putty using different recipes. After a bit of fun, they test and graph the viscosity of each.
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Casting Lesson Plan

Casting

6th - 8th
Don't cast a great hands-on resource aside! Scholars learn about the process of casting by actually trying out an example. Plaster of Paris and cookie cutter molds help them complete the activity.
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Fluids in Motion: Crash Course Physics #15 Video

Fluids in Motion: Crash Course Physics #15

10 mins 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
How do fluids act when they are moving? A thorough video lesson explains the characteristics of fluids while in motion. Building from the previous lesson in the series, the 15th installment of a Crash Course physics series provides an...
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Viscosity: The Fluid Lab Lab Resource

Viscosity: The Fluid Lab

9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
There's more to fluids than meet the eye—they include gases, liquids, and polymers, too! Scholars complete three hands-on activities exploring different properties of fluids. They explore viscosity by measuring the resistance, or...
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Bridging to Polymers: Thermoset Lab Activities & Project

Bridging to Polymers: Thermoset Lab

10th - 12th
Investigate thermoset polymers through experimentation. In an effort to determine the strongest, most flexible mixture, groups conduct an experiment on different-ratio epoxy-amine polymers to finish the set of two lessons.
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Close Encounters of the Polymer Kind Lesson Plan

Close Encounters of the Polymer Kind

10th - 12th
A PowerPoint presents features of polymers and two of its categories (thermoplastics and thermosets). Instructors conduct demonstrations to illustrate the Weissenberg Effect and the Barus & Kaye Effects of polymers in the first of...
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The Liquid State Handouts & Reference

The Liquid State

7th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Due to surface tension, dew — a liquid, is spherical in shape. Learners explore the properties of liquids in activity seven in this series of 36. Beginning with its basic properties such as boiling point and moving through to surface...
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Splat! Lesson Plan

Splat!

9th - 12th
What does viscosity have to do with splatter? An activity shows that the viscosity of a substance is inversely proportional to the distance of its splatter. Learners conduct the experiment by collecting data, graphing, and analyzing the...
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Plate Tectonics Cycle — Fifth Grade
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Plate Tectonics Cycle — Fifth Grade

5th
Math/Science Nucleus provides a set of four resources that take a deeper look into the parts of the plate tectonics cycle. Each resource contains hands-on activities and labs to help fifth graders develop a better understanding of one of Earth's most important systems.
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Properties of Matter Video

Properties of Matter

9 mins 9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
The properties of matter including buoyancy, viscosity, density, pressure, and more are explained in a video that also describes the various principles and laws that are associated with each property. 
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Fluids Presentation

Fluids

11th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
In 1879, Sir William Crookes discovered the fourth state of matter, plasma. The presentation covers states of matter, phase changes, density, pressure Pascal's Principle, buoyant force, Archimedes' Principle, Bernoulli's Principle,...
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Creepy Silly Putty Activities & Project

Creepy Silly Putty

10th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
It might be silly to determine the creep rate of putty but groups will enjoy making different formulations of silly putty and playing with them to understand how the different mixtures behave. The second part of the activity has groups...
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Measuring Viscosity Activities & Project

Measuring Viscosity

10th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Groups use a marble to determine the viscosity of household fluids. The procedure calls for pupils to measure the amount of time it takes a marble to fall a specified distance in the fluids. Using unit conversions and algebra, the teams...
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Viscous Fluids Lesson Plan

Viscous Fluids

10th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Elasticity and viscosity. Help your class understand the similarities and differences with an introduction to viscous fluids. After describing four types of fluid behaviors: shear thinning, shear thickening, Bringham plastic, and...
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Liquids Video

Liquids

11 mins 9th - 12th
The optimist sees the glass half full. The pessimist sees the glass half empty. The chemist sees the glass completely full, half with liquid and half with air. The viewers of this video will see the many ways liquids, like the one the...
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Polymers Activities & Project

Polymers

7th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
All plastics contain polymers, but not all polymers are plastic. Young chemists make their own polymer and compare the properties to those of other states of matter. After a reading passage, pupils answer analysis questions about natural...
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Fluids: Force in Fluids Unit

Fluids: Force in Fluids

7th - 9th
Discuss Archimedes' Principle and fluid forces with your young scientists as they describe the relationship between mass, volume, and density during a series of engaging activities. They use the Participle Theory of Matter to explore the...
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Understanding Viscosity through Investigation and Comparison of Fluids Lesson Plan

Understanding Viscosity through Investigation and Comparison of Fluids

7th - 10th
Not all liquids are the same. Investigate the viscosity of different fluids with a series of activities designed for eighth grade science. As learners move through learning centers with different experiment setups, they determine the...
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