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What Is Viscosity?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students experiment with the visocosity of corn syrup, mineral oil, vegetable oil, water, and honey. They research viscosity before beginning. Pupils draw the conclusion that the marble sinks more slowly in the liquids with greater...
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Oils and Plastic

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Peruse the properties of polymers with your materials engineers, chemistry aces, or emerging ecologists. The inquiries in this resource include puncturing polyethylene plastic bags, dissolving polystyrene cups, creating a polymer ball...
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Intrinsic Viscosity

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students treat a high molecular weight polyvinyl alcohol polymer with potassium periodate. They measure the viscosity of polyvinyl alcohols.
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States of Matter

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Properties in measurement, pressure and viscosity of solids, liquids, and gases are the main topics covered in this slideshow. The explanations of Pascal's, Bernoulli's, and the Venturi effects are very clear. Easy to understand diagrams...
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Investigating Viscosity

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Viewers define viscosity as resistance to flowing and they compare the viscosity of different liquids. Instructions are not provided, but junior scientists design an experiment to test different liquids and order them from low to high....
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Properties of Liquids

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students describe properties of liquids and use descriptive language as a springboard to develop precise vocabulary for properties of liquids. They also use vocabulary as practiced with liquid-vocabulary card games. Finally, students...
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Magnetorheological Fluids

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students conduct a series of experiments on magnetorheological fluids. In this physics activity, students explain how these fluids behave in varying magnetic field strength. They give practical applications of magnetorheological fluids.
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States of Matter

For Students 7th - 9th
In this states of matter worksheet, students complete a concept map about the three states of matter including solids, liquids and gases.
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Cross-Linked Polymer Lab

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use short-chain polymers and borate ions to produce cross-linked polymers in the lab. In this cross-linked polymer lesson plan, students produce polyvinyl acetate slime and polyvinyl alcohol slime and test their physical...
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Modifying Viscosity of Egg Yolk

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students investigate the effects of substances on the viscosity of egg yolks. In this viscosity lesson plan, students separate egg yolks from their albumen and then add different masses of albumen back to each egg yolk. They measure the...
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Cross-Linked Polymer Lab

For Students 10th - 12th
For this polymer worksheet, students make two types of cross linked polymers and they test their physical properties. These include their response to agitation, stretchability, viscosity, and resilience.
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Floating and Falling Flows

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students discover fluid dynamics related to buoyancy through experimentation and optional photography. Using one set of fluids, they make light fluids rise through denser fluids. Using another set, they make dense fluids sink through a...
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Density Rainbow and the Great Viscosity Race

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore the densities and viscosities of fluids as they create a colorful 'rainbow' using household liquids. While letting the fluids in the rainbow settle, students conduct 'The Great Viscosity Race,' another short experiment...
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Liquids of Different Densities

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners compare the densities of different liquids. In this liquids lesson plan, students compare color, viscosity, weight, volume, and graph their findings.
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Why is My Honey Runny?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners identify the factors that affect viscosity of substances. In this chemistry lesson plan, students define what viscosity is in their own words. They give real world applications of viscosity.
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Volcano Under the City

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students examine the different flow rates of liquids and how lava's viscosity influences flow.  For this liquids lesson students complete several handouts and a lab activity.
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Volcanic Unrest

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the Ring of Fire. In this volcano lesson, students discuss active volcanoes in the world and explore viscosity as they participate in a hands-on classroom activity.
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Properties

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this properties activity, learners review the properties of solutions, explain different physical properties, define hydrogen bonding. This activity has 8 problems to solve.
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Solids

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this solids worksheet, students review terms associated with solid matter including, freezing and melting point, viscosity, and Brownian motion. This worksheet has 1 short answer and 14 matching questions.
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Liquids Have Differnt Viscosities

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore visosity of matter. They run tests of various liquid substances to observe and compare rates of flow of different substances. In addition, they relate viscosity to distance travelled by sample substances.
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Plate Tectonic - Volcanoes

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students watch and learn the different levels of "viscosity" in liquids to explain molten lava after viewing a video of a Hawaiian volcano.
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Liquid Logic: Experiments in Viscosity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine specific characteristics of liquids through a hands-on lab activity. An experiment with teacher prepared viscosity tubes is conducted in which liquid identities are predicted based on data. A hypothesis is...
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Science: Liquid Matter

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine the properties of liquids and their classifications. They compare and contrast cups of different liquids and record their findings in journals. Students observe how liquids flow at various speeds and that unlike...
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Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Poiseuille's Law

For Students 9th - 10th
Poiseuille's Law is explained and the equation for Poiseuille's Law is given. Students may make calculations using Poiseuille's Law. Interactive.