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Life Systems: Cells, Tissues, Organs

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive site for teachers provides some helpful resources that pertain to plant and animal cells. Includes a microscope diagram as well as plant, animal and pond labs. Also contains links to structures and mechanisms, matter and...
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Science Bob Pflugfelder

Science Bob: Make a Cartesian Diver!

For Students 3rd - 7th
This site presents a procedure for creating a cartesian diver, a miniature submarine which rises or sinks depending upon the water pressure within a closed bottle. The site also introduces basic concepts of water and air pressure.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Go With the Flow

For Students 3rd - 8th
This lesson plan is a great way to observe the flow of water. Kids can do this experiment at home by following this easy procedure, complete with pictures.
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Desktop Aeronautics, Inc.: Airfoils

For Students 9th - 10th
This chapter from an online demonstration textbook discusses airfoils. Basic concepts are explained, as well as complex equations and diagrams.
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Transtronics: Viscosity

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides extensive information on viscosity. Different formulas and examples are given with regards to viscosity.
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The University of Leeds: Laminar and Turbulent Flow

For Students 9th - 10th
Laminar and turbulent flow are compared and contrasted at this site. The Reynolds number is derived. These concepts are illustrated with diagrams.
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Stanford University

Stanford University: Gallery of Turbulent Flows

For Students 9th - 10th
A gallery of images depicting various fluid dynamics situations.
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Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Physics I: Classical Mechanics

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a classic mechanics course taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The course teaches modern physics, thermal physics, fluid mechanics, solids mechanics, celestial mechanics, momentum,...
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Dangers of Fracking: What Goes in and Out of Hydraulic Fracturing

For Students 9th - 10th
Hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking", is the process of drilling and injecting fluid into the ground at a high pressure in order to fracture shale rocks to release natural gas inside.
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Concord Consortium

The Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Hydraulic Lever

For Students 9th - 10th
Adjust the amount of force in this simulated piston to observe how the fluid in this system is affected.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Is Pressure?

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine and explore pressure as it relates to fluids.
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Libre Text

Libre Texts: Physics: The Bernoulli Effect

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine in detail the Bernoulli Effect so students understand that faster-moving fluids mean the pressure is lower. Find the theory and its equation.
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Libre Text

Libre Texts: Physics: Viscosity

For Students 9th - 10th
Viscosity is the thickness of matter based on internal friction. This resource provides extensive detail to viscosity in solids, fluids, and gases. Find examples and formulas.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: A Scale Under Water

For Students 9th - 10th
This passage will test your knowledge on fluids at rest.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Hydrotherapy and Full Body Immersion

For Students 9th - 10th
This passage will test your knowledge on fluids in motion.
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MadSci Network

Mad Scientist Network: Differences in Vortex and Venturi

For Students 9th - 10th
Question and answer regarding the basic differences between a vortex and the Venturi effect.
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University of Hawai'i

The Hawai`i Space Grant Consortium: Viscosity Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a high school level laboratory exercise demonstrating the properties of viscosity. Standard classroom science are required to do this lab.
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Trinity College Dublin

Trinity College: Daniel Bernoulli

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of a biography web page including information on James, John, and Daniel Bernoulli. The site includes information originally published in "A Short Account of the History of Mathematics" by W. W. Rouse Ball (4th Edition, 1908).
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Concord Consortium

The Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Pouring Water

For Students 9th - 10th
View water on a molecular level as it is poured out of a container.
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Other

University of Leeds: Applications of Bernoulli's Law

For Students 9th - 10th
In-depth explanation of Bernoulli's Principle and its applications. Diagrams and equations are included.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Viscosity: The Flow of Milk

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study the physical properties of different fluids and investigate the relationship between the viscosities of liquid and how fast they flow through a confined area. Student groups conduct a brief experiment in which they...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Next Generation Surgical Tools in the Body

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Through this unit, students act as engineers who are given the challenge to design laparoscopic surgical tools. After learning about human anatomy and physiology of the abdominopelvic cavity, especially as it applies to laparoscopic...
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Pressures in the Body

For Students 11th - 12th
From a chapter on Fluid Statics in a Physics textbook. This section of the chapter covers the different types of fluid pressures in the human body and how they are measured. Includes problems and exercises.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Digestion Simulation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
To reinforce students' understanding of the human digestion process, the functions of several stomach and small intestine fluids are analyzed, and the concept of simulation is introduced through a short, introductory demonstration of how...

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