Visual Learning Systems
Forces in Fluids: Buoyancy and Density
Upon viewing the Forces in Fluids video series, students will be able to do the following: Define fluids as substances that can easily flow and readily change shape. Explain that fluids flow because particles can easily move past each...
TED-Ed
The Real Story Behind Archimedes' Eureka!
Can a boat the size of a palace possibly float? Discover how a king and a famous Ancient Greek mathematician named Archimedes answered this question, and explore the history behind Archimedes' principle and how a law of physics...
Physics Girl
The Physics of Weightless Flight
Ever wonder what it's like to feel weightless? Hop aboard the Vomit Comet and find out! A video from a large physics playlist features the parabolic airplane flight used to simulate weightlessness. Young physicists discover how the...
Physics Girl
Fire in Freefall - Rare Physics Experiment
What happens when fire is less affected by gravity? Observe the behavior of fire in a fantastic freefall experiment! A video from the an engaging physics playlist explains the relationship between a flame's shape, buoyancy force, and...
Be Smart
The Cheerios Effect
Why does cereal clump together in milk? Scientists answered this question in 2005 with the help of physics and math. A video explains the relationship between buoyancy, surface tension, and the meniscus. It teaches how to attract or...
Veritasium
Buoyancy Quiz
Need to demonstrate buoyancy to your class? Rise to the occasion with a video from Veritasium! The narrator demonstrates how a golf ball behaves in dish detergent and saltwater, then adds the detergent to the saltwater for a surprising...
TED-Ed
Are Ghost Ships Real?
Ghost ships are real and are used to map ocean currents. Aye, thar be much to learn for landlubbers, sprogs, and buccaneers as well in a short video that offers scientific explanations for the amazing phenomenon of ghost ships.
Bozeman Science
Properties of Matter
The properties of matter including buoyancy, viscosity, density, pressure, and more are explained in a video that also describes the various principles and laws that are associated with each property.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Density and Buoyancy: Mixing Hot and Cold Water
Watch warm water float on top of cold water in this video segment adapted from ZOOM. [3:22]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Density and Buoyancy: Testing Liquids
Will a grape float in oil? Will a metal nut sink in corn syrup? Watch as the ZOOM cast tests the buoyancy of a variety of liquids and objects. [4:22]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Density and Buoyancy: Experimenting With Club Soda
In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, the cast discovers that gas-filled bubbles act like life jackets for raisins, making them buoyant. [2:06]
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Contact Forces
In the following video Paul Andersen explains how contact forces result from interatomic forces. [5:29]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Fluids: Fluids (Part 5)
Introduction to Archimedes' Principle and buoyant force. [8:42]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Fluids: Fluids (Part 6)
A couple of problems involving Archimedes' principle and buoyant forces. [9:42]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Buoyant Force Example Problems
This video demonstrates how to solve problems involving Archimedes' principle and buoyant forces. [9:41]