SciShow
Why Bladeless Fans Are a Lie
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...
Bozeman Science
Bernoulli's Equation
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...
Crash Course
Fluid Flow & Equipment: Crash Course Engineering #13
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...
Wonderscape
Flight Dynamics: Understanding Air Pressure and Lift
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....
Wonderscape
Flight Physics: Understanding Air Pressure and Bernoulli's Principle
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...
Wonderscape
Flight Forces: Exploring Weight in Aviation
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...
Curated Video
Science Experiment: Ping Pong Ball Follows Running Water
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...
Science Buddies
Balloon Magic with Bernoulli's Principle
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!...
SciShow
Great Minds: Ada Lovelace
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.
Curated OER
Floating Balls & Flying Toilet Paper
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...
Curated OER
Flying Toilet Paper - Cool Science Experiment
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...
Crash Course
Fluid Flow and Equipment: Crash Course Engineering #13
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...
Veritasium
How Does A Wing Actually Work?
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...
Crash Course
Fluids in Motion: Crash Course Physics #15
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...
Veritasium
Hydrodynamic Levitation!
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...
Steve Spangler Science
The Power of Air - Sick Science! #029
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...
Steve Spangler Science
Hovering Plane - Sick Science! #027
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...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Defy Gravity! Balancing Balls on Air
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]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Defy Gravity! Upside Down Ping Pong Ball
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]
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Bernoulli's Equation
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...
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Science of Speed: Grip
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]
Crash Course
Crash Course Physics #15: Fluids in Motion
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...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Fluids: Fluids (Part 7)
Introduction to the study of moving fluids. [10:00]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Arterial Stiffness: Bernoulli's Equation of Total Energy
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]