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High school physicists demonstrate Bernoulli's Principle by blowing on different items and finding that they do not move in the expected direction! They apply Bernoulli's equation to the flight of an airplane. This well-organized lesson even includes differentiation ideas for English language learners, special needs situations, and advanced students.

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energy conservation, energy, newton's laws of motion, sir isaac newton, bernoulli's principle, drag, gravity, momentum, pressure, speed, thrust, wings

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conservation of energy, drag, gravity, momentum, newton's laws, pressure, speed, thrust, bernoulli's principle, wings, wing lift, science
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
Instructional Strategy
Inquiry-Based Learning

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