Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Ap Physics: Fluid Statics: Problems and Exercises
This is a list of 83 problems/exercises to solve based on the content in Chapter ll: Fluid Statics from the AP Physics online text.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Fluid Statics: Glossary
This is a glossary of terms and definitions used in Chapter 11: Fluid Statics from the AP Physics online text.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Gauge Pressure, Absolute Pressure, and Pressure Measurement
By the end of this section, you will be able to define gauge pressure and absolute pressure and to understand the working of aneroid and open-tube barometers.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Variation of Pressure With Depth in a Fluid
By the end of this section, you will be able to define pressure in terms of weight, explain the variation of pressure with depth in a fluid, and calculate density given pressure and altitude.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Ap Physics: Fluid Statics: Pressure
By the end of this section, you will be able to define pressure, explain the relationship between pressure and force, and calculate force given pressure and area.
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Water on the Web
Water on the Web (WOW) is an advanced site allowing students to actively participate in data analysis from real research sites. Lesson plans on a range of topics are provided. There is also a tutorial for using Excel to graph WOW data.
eSchool Today
E School Today: All About Forces
Forces are everywhere. Learn what they are, the characteristics of forces, different kinds of forces, and factors that affect them.
NASA
Nasa: Gas Properties Definitions
Use this site to learn about basic gas properties including motion, viscosity, and compressibility. Includes links to activities for all ages.
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill Learning Center: Gas Laws and Kinetic Energy
From the companion web site for the Contemporary College Physics textbook. An ideal gas law simulation in which the motion of individual particles inside a closed container is simulated. The number of particles, external pressure, and...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Heat
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online lesson students will describe how the macroscopic properties of a thermodynamic system such as temperature, specific heat, and pressure are related to...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Rock and Boat
Students observe Archimedes' principle in action in this challenge where a toy boat is placed in a container of water and a rock is placed on the floating boat. Students must explain why the water level rises/falls/stays the same based...
Frostburg State University
General Chemistry: Gaseous Equation of State Calculator
A JavaScript calculator which allows one to investigate the distinction between an ideal gas and a real (Van der Waal or Dieterici) gas. State variables can be entered and an update on the values of other variables are given (as...
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Ideal Gas Law
This site defines and discusses the ideal gas law. The concept of state variables is explained and the various state variables are identified. Links to further information is available.
Chiral Publishing
Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Real Gases
Learn why the ideal gas model, though useful, is "only an approximation of the real nature of gases." This site explains the reasons for this, and provides the following sections: "Decreased Temperature and Real Gas Pressure," "Increased...
Rice University
Galileo Project: Evangelista Torricelli
The Galileo Project fact sheet profiles the life and work of Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), the Italian scientist and inventor.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Four Air Pressure Labs
Four lab exercises from the Illinois Institute of Technology demonstrating air pressure are given.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Ww2010: Forces and Winds: Pressure Gradient Force
Explains what a pressure gradient is and how it produces air movement.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Best Amount of Water to Fly a Bottle Rocket
In this rocket experiment, young scholars will investigate the question, "Which amount of water will cause the rocket to stay in the air the longest?" Students will compare how long the rocket was in the air with how much water was in...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Forces: Pop Bottle Rockets
In this lab, students will work on scientific inquiry skills: observation, developing questions, conducting an experiment, and collecting data. They will investigate forces using pop bottle rockets that they have designed.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Molar Volume of a Gas Determined via a Reaction
During this experiment, students will react magnesium with hydrochloric acid to produce hydrogen gas which is collected inside a flask that has a Vernier Gas Pressure Sensor connected to it in order to determine the molar volume of a...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mini Lab: Investigating Gas Laws
In this activity, students investigate two gas laws: Charles and Boyle's. They will determine the relationship between gases and certain variables (temperature, volume and pressure), then watch a demonstration and determine what...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Determination of Boyle's Law Through Data Collection
Students develop an understanding of the mathematical relationship between pressure and volume of a gas. Students will practice data collection and graphing skills while also making the connection between force and pressure
Michigan Reach Out
Austin University: Demonstrating Air Pressure With Eggs
This site will tell you how you can use an egg to identify air pressure and how it affects objects. Includes easy step by step instructions.
Museum of Science
Weather Tools
This site shows how to make weather tools for your own weather station. You can learn how to make a barometer, rain gauge, anemometer, wind scale tool, wind streamer, and wind chime.