Instructional Video2:04
SciShow

Why Bladeless Fans Are a Lie

12th - Higher Ed
Bladeless fans can look like magic. How does all that air come out of that empty ring?! Well, it turns out that bladeless fans are more like a conventional fan than you might think, but that doesn't mean there isn't some really cool...
Instructional Video10:12
Bozeman Science

Bernoulli's Equation

12th - Higher Ed
In the video Paul Andersen explains how Bernoulli's Equation describes the conservation of energy in a fluid. The equation describes the pressure energy, potential energy, and kinetic energy of a fluid at a single point. A sample problem...
Instructional Video8:44
Crash Course

Fluid Flow & Equipment: Crash Course Engineering #13

12th - Higher Ed
Today we’ll dive further into fluid flow and how we can use equipment to apply our skills. We explain Bernoulli’s Principle and the relationship between speed and pressure in certain flowing fluids. We’ll also discuss how to apply the...
Instructional Video5:15
Wonderscape

Flight Dynamics: Understanding Air Pressure and Lift

K - 5th
Delve into the principles of flight dynamics, focusing on the relationship between air pressure and lift. Discover how Bernoulli's principle influences the design of airplane wings, creating the necessary conditions for lift to occur....
Instructional Video5:51
Wonderscape

Flight Physics: Understanding Air Pressure and Bernoulli's Principle

K - 5th
Dive into the fundamentals of flight physics by exploring concepts such as air pressure and Bernoulli's principle. From Leonardo da Vinci's pioneering sketches to Daniel Bernoulli's groundbreaking discoveries, learn how pressure dynamics...
Instructional Video4:17
Wonderscape

Flight Forces: Exploring Weight in Aviation

K - 5th
Explore the concept of weight as one of the four fundamental forces acting on airplanes during flight. Learn how weight, the gravitational force pulling objects toward the Earth's center, interacts with lift to determine an aircraft's...
Instructional Video0:53
Curated Video

Science Experiment: Ping Pong Ball Follows Running Water

Pre-K - 8th
Here is a simple experiment for children at the kitchen that Alex loved. When a ping pong ball is placed straight under running water tap, it does not move away from the water stream. In fact, the ball sticks to it and follows it even...
Instructional Video1:46
Science Buddies

Balloon Magic with Bernoulli's Principle

K - 5th
Have you ever seen pictures or videos of a roof being blown off a house during a hurricane or tornado? You might be surprised to hear that the roof is actually not pushed off by the strong winds but instead by the air inside the house!...
Instructional Video3:31
SciShow

Great Minds: Ada Lovelace

9th - 12th
Do you know about The Enchantress of Numbers? Ada Lovelace wrote the first computer program, more than a century before the first modern computer. Her knowledge and vision continue to inspire mathematicians today. 
Instructional Video2:28
Curated OER

Floating Balls & Flying Toilet Paper

7th - 12th
A blow dryer and ping pong balls are all you need to demonstrate the amazing properties of air flow. In this demonstration, Spangler has a little boy as his assistant. Together, they make ping pong balls, a beach ball, and a roll of...
Instructional Video3:18
Curated OER

Flying Toilet Paper - Cool Science Experiment

7th - 12th
A blow dryer and ping pong balls are all you need to demonstrate the amazing properties of air flow. In this demonstration, Spangler has a three year old boy as his assistant. Together, they make ping pong balls, a beach ball, and a roll...
Instructional Video9:26
Crash Course

Fluid Flow and Equipment: Crash Course Engineering #13

9th - 12th
Bernoulli knows best (at least about fluid mechanics). The 13th installment in the Crash Course Engineering series focuses on Bernoulli's principle. Viewers learn the relationship between the speed and pressure of fluids by watching a...
Instructional Video2:51
Veritasium

How Does A Wing Actually Work?

9th - 12th Standards
More than 100,000 commercial flights take off every day, but how do the planes fly? Veritasium presents a video explaining the way wings work. It opens with the common misconception, then introduces two seemingly conflicting...
Instructional Video9:47
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Crash Course

Fluids in Motion: Crash Course Physics #15

9th - Higher Ed Standards
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...
Instructional Video6:09
Veritasium

Hydrodynamic Levitation!

9th - 12th Standards
Can you balance a ball in a vertical stream of water without using the Bernoulli Principle? The video shows how to achieve this with multiple balls and even discs. It describes how the ball remains stable even when off to one side of the...
Instructional Video0:59
Steve Spangler Science

The Power of Air - Sick Science! #029

7th - 12th
Rather than show this video clip, perform the demonstration for your earth science class. Because of the difference in air pressure caused by your moving stream of air, a very long plastic bag can be filled with a single breath! This...
Instructional Video1:04
Steve Spangler Science

Hovering Plane - Sick Science! #027

7th - 12th
Bring Bernoulli's principle before the eyes of your earth scientists! By setting two fans up facing each other, you can get a paper airplane to hover between them. Lift and drag concepts can be taught when you show this clip or perform...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Defy Gravity! Balancing Balls on Air

Pre-K - 1st
In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members use a hair dryer to balance a ball in a stream of air, seemingly defying gravity. [3:21]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Defy Gravity! Upside Down Ping Pong Ball

3rd - 8th
In this video segment, the ZOOM cast is challenged to keep a ping pong ball in a funnel while the funnel is held upside down, seemingly defying gravity. [4:34]
Instructional Video
Bozeman Science

Bozeman Science: Bernoulli's Equation

9th - 10th
In the following video Paul Andersen explains how Bernoulli's Equation describes the conservation of energy in a fluid. The equation describes the pressure energy, potential energy, and kinetic energy of a fluid at a single point. A...
Instructional Video
National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation: Science of Speed: Grip

9th - 10th
Success in auto racing depends on the grip of a car's tires. Grip is the frictional force that holds the tires on the track. Aerodynamic features of a car also improve a car's grip. [5:02]
Instructional Video
Crash Course

Crash Course Physics #15: Fluids in Motion

9th - 10th
In this video episode of Crash Course Physics, we continue our exploration of fluids and fluid dynamics. How do fluids act when they're in motion? How does pressure in different places change water flow? And what is one of the motion...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Fluids: Fluids (Part 7)

9th - 10th
Introduction to the study of moving fluids. [10:00]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Arterial Stiffness: Bernoulli's Equation of Total Energy

9th - 10th
In this video lecture, learn how total energy of a fluid helps explain why fluids can move from low pressure to high pressure! [6:57]