Exploratorium
Bernoulli Levitator
Two versions of this activity are presented for you to choose from when teaching about Bernoulli's principle in your physical science class. One is a hands-on activity, while the other would be best used as a demonstration during...
Curated OER
Wave Math
Students identify the different factors affecting the size and shape of ocean waves. For this math lesson, students calculate wave speed and wavelength given a mathematical formula.
Curated OER
Wind, What Causes It?
Young scholars explore what causes wind, why wind behaves as it does, early cultural beliefs about wind, high and low pressure systems, basic fluid dynamics, units of measurement for wind, and how lift is caused; students create and fly...
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Fluid Pressure and Flow
Explore pressure in the atmosphere and underwater. Reshape a pipe to see how it changes fluid flow speed. Experiment with a leaky water tower to see how the height and water level determine the water trajectory. Java required.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Rocking the Boat
Become an engineer for a day and discover the best way to keep from rocking the boat in this engineering science fair project. When a ship rocks back and forth, it can make people seasick, but also it makes it dangerous for jets to land...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: A Change in the Winds: Studying Bernoulli's Principle
You can actually make objects come together by blowing air between them. This is a simple way of implementing Bernoulli's principle. Find out how wind changes air pressure to bring to objects together in this easy and fun science fair...
American Association of Physics Teachers
Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Falling in Fluid Model
Simulation exploring the effects of gravitational, buoyant, and drag forces upon a sphere as it falls through a liquid.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Tippy Tap Plus Piping
The Tippy Tap hand-washing station is an inexpensive and effective device used extensively in the developing world. One shortcoming of the homemade device is that it must be manually refilled with water and therefore is of limited use in...
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Science of Summer Olympics
Using examples of athletes and sports involved in the 2012 Summer Olympics, these 9 videos demonstrate aspects of sports which are influenced by engineering and technology.
American Association of Physics Teachers
Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Atwood Machine in Fluid Model
Simulation of an Atwood machine where two masses of varying densities are suspended in water using a pulley system. Adjust the densities of the masses, their positions and the water level to see how the changing gravitational, buoyant,...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Teaching Radioactive Decay & Radiometric Dating
A laboratory activity that teaches the difficult concept of radioactive decay by means of a fluid (shampoo) flowing through holes from an upper to a lower beaker. Using the exponential decay equation, students then 'date' the shampoo....
University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: Science of Baseball
Ever wonder why a curve ball curves? Curious why Denver is the best place for homeruns to occur? Read on to learn about the science of baseball.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Fluid Dynamics and Its Biological & Medical Applications:glossary
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.
MadSci Network
Mad Scientist Network: Differences in Vortex and Venturi
Question and answer regarding the basic differences between a vortex and the Venturi effect.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Creatures of the Deep: Shark Trackers
Track an unseen target with an audio meter, and make accurate estimations of distance and depth by analyzing the signal strength and frequency. Construct an electroscope to detect electric charges.
Stanford University
Stanford University: Gallery of Turbulent Flows
A gallery of images depicting various fluid dynamics situations.