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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Flow Rate From Beverage Dispenser Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This environment has been created to allow students to discover the formula that links flow rate to properties of the faucet, fluid, planet and height.
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Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology

Iris: Direct Hydrocarbon Indicators

For Students 9th - 10th
This video lecture and accompanying exercises allow students to define a DHI and how to identify them, describe how seismic data are used to determine reservoir rock and fluid properties, and list the processing and modeling steps used...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Physics of Human Sperm vs. the Physics of the Sperm Whale

For Students 9th - 10th
Traveling is extremely arduous for microscopic sperm- think of a human trying to swim in a pool made of other humans. We can compare the journey of a sperm to that of a sperm whale by calculating the Reynolds number, a prediction of how...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Teaching Radioactive Decay & Radiometric Dating

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A laboratory activity that teaches the difficult concept of radioactive decay by means of a fluid (shampoo) flowing through holes from an upper to a lower beaker. Using the exponential decay equation, students then 'date' the shampoo....
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: How a Faucet Works

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students learn about the underlying engineering principals in the inner workings of a simple household object - the faucet. Students use the basic concepts of simple machines, force and fluid flow to describe the path of water through a...
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Pie Pan Convection

For Students 9th - 10th
In this experiment, students observe what happens when a pan of soapy, colored water is heated. They will see that convection currents cause the fluid to rise and sink in a localized convection cell.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Deep Sea Diver Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine the factors affecting the pressure under a fluid. Run this simulation on "Earth-Like" planets with the same atmospheric pressure but different accelerations due to gravity.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Cargo Challenge Problem

For Students 9th - 10th
Students figure out how much mass can be put in a boat without having the boat go fully under the fluid.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Force Buoyancy Problem

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must figure out the number of people that can go on a raft without having the raft go fully under the fluid.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Percent Floating Challenge

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must figure out how much of a ball will be under a fluid when it is in equilibrium with its environment.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: An in Depth Explanation of the Venturi Effect

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a detailed explanation of how the Venturi Effect works in fluid mechanics and how it can be proven using Bernoulli's equation. Also discusses applications of the Venturi Effect in the real world.
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Education.com

Education.com: Sl.3.5 Worksheets: Create Engaging Audio Recordings

For Students 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 5 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard SL.3.5: Create engaging audio recordings of stories or poems that demonstrate...
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Energy4Me

Energy4me: Fracturing With Gelatin

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity aims to demonstrate how fracturing fluid, under pressure, is able to create a fissure in the rock layer. Students will be able to see the syrup come out at a high velocity to crack the gelatin. The gelatin, however, will...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Measuring Kidney Function

For Students 9th - 10th
The glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is used to determine how well the kidneys are functioning. The glomerulus in the kidney is a high-pressure system that is optimal for fluid filtration. Read the information about measuring kidney...
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Modeling How Air Moves

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, learners use models to observe that air is a fluid that flows due to temperature-driven density differences.
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Frostburg State University

Frostburg State General Chemistry Online: What Is a Non Newtonian Fluid?

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes viscosity and its relationship to Newtonian and Non-Newtonian liquids. Gives examples in terms of everyday substances.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Up and Away Bernoulli's Way

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students observe the Bernoulli Principle in action: as the velocity of a fluid increases, the pressure exerted by that fluid decreases.
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Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Poiseuille's Law Diagram

For Students 9th - 10th
This diagram shows the relationship of Poiseuille's Law to fluids, blood flow, viscosity, Bernoulli's Law, and resistance in vessels. Links to related topics.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Ideal Gases

For Students 9th - 10th
Students explore ideal gases. Some topics examined in the activities are ideal gas, kinetic theory, and fluids. The resource consists of video clips, lecture notes, practice problems, and exam questions. Practice problems and exam...
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Under Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
Students studying pressure will better understand its concepts with this virtual experiment that tests how pressure changes in air and water as the fluids, gravity, container shape, and volume changes.
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Libre Text

Uc Davis Geo Wiki: Newton's 2nd Law

For Students 9th - 10th
The wind blowing over your house, the Gulf Stream flowing into the North Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Europe, the jet stream at 10 km altitude. All these different flows in the atmosphere and in the ocean can be understood using ideas...
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Atmospheric Processes: Convection

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a pair of activities to demonstrate convection currents in air and water. Encourages students to view air as a fluid.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Building a Paper Airplane Using Bernoulli's Principle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This is a culmination activity used after middle schoolers have studied Bernoulli's Principle as part of a unit on forces and fluids. Students will use the Internet, textbooks, library resources and their cooperative learning group to...
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Concord Consortium

The Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Rotating Drum Mixer

For Students 9th - 10th
Adjust the rotation in this simulation to see how particles of fluids move.

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