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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Bernoulli's Fountain Problem

For Students 9th - 10th
In this problem you will have water flowing through an underground pipe and then passing into a ground level nozzle to create a fountain. Based on the pressure in the pipe you will find the speed of the water in both sections of the pipe...
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Bernoulli's Principle Problem

For Students 9th - 10th
In this problem, water will be flowing through two sections of piping with different diameter pipes joined by a coupler. The pressure gauge on one of the two pipes is broken. The task is to find the pressure in the section of the pipe...
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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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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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Handout
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Fluid Dynamics and Its Biological & Medical Applications:glossary

For Students 11th - 12th
This is a glossary of terms and definitions used in Chapter 12: Fluid Dynamics and Its Biological & Medical Applications from the AP Physics online text.
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Teachers TryScience

Teachers Try Science: Wingin' It

For Students 4th - 7th
Learn about the Bernoulli effect by building an airplane wing, or airfoil, and making it fly.
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Science is Fun

Science Is Fun: Bernoulli's Principle

For Students 4th - 8th
An experiment with a balloon and a wind tube that investigate how Bernoulli's Principle applies to a stream of moving air.
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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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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Building a Paper Airplane Using Bernoulli's Principle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This is a culmination activity used after young scholars 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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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Is Bernoulli's Equation?

For Students 9th - 10th
A webpage dedicated to explaining how to analyze fluid flow using the Bernoulli's equation. Understand how thishhhhh equation will give you the powers to analyze a fluid flowing up and down through all kinds of different tubes.
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MadSci Network

Mad Scientist Network: How Do Planes Fly Upside Down?

For Students 9th - 10th
Question and answer regarding the physics principles that apply to a plane flying upside down.
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MadSci Network

Mad Scientist Network: How the Venturi Effect Relates to Architectural Design

For Students 9th - 10th
A question and answer regarding wind velocity and its effects on architectural design. A good site for applying the concept of the Venturi Effect.
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Wolfram Research

Wolfram Science World: Daniel Bernoulli

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from ScienceWorld provides a brief biography of Daniel Bernoulli's major scientific accomplishments, including Bernoulli's principle, vibrating strings, ocean tides, and the kinetic theory of gases. Links are included to...
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Michigan Reach Out

Reach Out Michigan: Ping Pong Ball Curves

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an experiment that will allow observation on how friction will make a ping pong ball curve when it is thrown into the air.
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Other

See How It Flies: Airfoils and Airflow

For Students 9th - 10th
One chapter from a larger site dedicated to explaining the physics of flight. Numerous diagrams show the flow of air around an airfoil.
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Other

Pacifier Online: Bird Flight Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a simplified explanation of the physics of flight. Site provides information about lift, drag, weight, thrust, Bernoulli's Principle, and much more.
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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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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Flying Free: Winging It

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Explore flight and the science behind lift and wing shape by creating two paper airplanes - a monoplane glider and a ring-wing glider.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Flying Free: Make a Wind Tunnel

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Investigate the science of flight, the tilt or angle of attack of a wing's surface and the effect of control surfaces. Construct a model of an open jet wind tunnel using a household desk fan to produce a flow of air.
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McREL International

Mc Rel: Whelmer #12 Learning Activity: Bernoulli Cans

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
An easy to do activity that investigates Bernoulli's principle. The activity is presented in lesson plan format that meets NSES standards.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Bernoulli's Law

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Bernoulli's law and using air pressure to fly.
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University of Minnesota

The Physics of Flight: Bernoulli's Principle

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses air flow around the wing of a plane and its effect upon the lift and drag forces. Focuses on the application of Bernoulli's principle to wing design and the subsequent airfoil shapes.
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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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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Science of Sports: Better Baseball

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Investigate how the application of various principles of physics can improve performance in sports. Perform experiments with Bernoulli's Principle and explore the sports-related inventions of a former physics teacher.