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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Scuba Training

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A simulation to help you understand how a diver floats! Learn the principles of buoyancy and its relationship to the pressure gradient in a liquid in a gravitational field.
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Website
Learn AP Physics

Learn Ap Physics: Physics B: Fluid Mechanics

For Students 9th - 10th
A site dedicated to help students prepare for the AP Physics B test. This specific site reviews fluid mechanics including hydrostatic pressure, buoyancy, Archimedes' principle, Bernoulli's equation, and fluid flow continuity. Site...
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Concord Consortium

The Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Archimedes' Buoyancy Principle

For Students 9th - 10th
Adjust the ratio of the masses of different particles to see how buoyancy is affected.
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Unit Plan
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Buoyancy

For Students 1st - 7th
Ever wonder why/how things float? This concept is called buoyancy. Take this interactive journey to learn and understand how and why certain materials float and others sink to the ocean floor.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Floaters and Sinkers

For Teachers 6th - 9th
This lesson introduces students to the important concept of density. The focus is on the more easily understood densities of solids, but students can also explore the densities of liquids and gases. Students devise methods to determine...
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Other

Ganoksin.com: Specific Gravity of Gemstones

For Students 9th - 10th
Specific gravity is defined and explained. Practice problems are given and solved. Illustrations included as well.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench Showcase: Fluid Mechanics and Dynamics

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn more about fluid mechanics and dynamics concepts through these animations.
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Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Physics of Fluid Mechanics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Five lessons about the study of fluid mechanics. The unit concludes with students applying what they have learned to determine the stability of individual above-ground storage tanks given specific storm conditions so they can analyze...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ap Physics: Fluid Statics: Problems and Exercises

For Students 11th - 12th
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.
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Handout
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Fluid Statics: Glossary

For Students 11th - 12th
This is a glossary of terms and definitions used in Chapter 11: Fluid Statics from the AP Physics online text.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: How Much Sugar Is Really in That Soda?

For Students 9th - 10th
In this science fair project, use a precision hydrometer to measure the amount of sugar in soda. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective, and introduction, followed by a section on...
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Up, Up, and Away in Your Own Hot Air Balloon!

For Students 9th - 10th
In this science fair project, students will make hot-air balloons using a toaster and dry-cleaning bags, and see how the size of the balloon affects its flight. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Above Ground Storage Tanks in the Houston Ship Channel

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners are provided with an introduction to above-ground storage tanks, which sets the stage for the real-world engineering challenge presented in the associated activity- to design new and improved storage tanks that can survive storm...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ap Physics: Fluid Statics: Conceptual Questions

For Students 11th - 12th
This is a list of 39 questions covering the concepts presented in Chapter 11: Fluid Statics from the AP Physics online text.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ap Physics: Fluid Statics: Summary

For Students 11th - 12th
This page provides a summary of each section of Chapter 11: Fluid Statics from the AP Physics online text.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Buoyancy: Calculating the Maximum Load of a Ship

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will use critical thinking skills to predict the maximum mass that a ship can hold without sinking. Students will then test their prediction by sailing their loaded ship.
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Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Science World: Buoyancy Force

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a brief description and explanation of the buoyancy force. Content includes two formulas.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: 5 Question Survey: Rising and Sinking

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Find out your or your students' understanding of fluid displacement. Afterwards you can see how others answered the questions.

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