Curated OER
Income and Expenses
Students discuss income and expenses. In this lesson on money, students define income and expenses, after whith they keep track of their income and expense transactions on a basic ledger.
Curated OER
Mixing and Stirring
Students experience mixing through dancing. In this physical science lesson plan, students not only dance to show mixing but also demonstrate mixing and stirring by combining milk and chocolate milk.
Curated OER
Is Air a Fluid?
Students use baking soda, vinegar, matches, and other materials to pour gas. In this air lesson plan, students use the materials to pour gas and learn that air can be a fluid like a liquid.
Curated OER
Pressure in Fluids
Young scholars study the properties of fluids under different circumstances. In this pressure fluids lesson students view a demonstration, complete an activity and describe what they learned.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Which Fruits Can Ruin Your Dessert?
Here is a basic project for investigating enzymes that prevent gelatin from solidifying. This way you can understand why it is some fruits are not recommended for inclusion when it comes to making gelatin.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Race Your Marbles to Discover a Liquid's Viscosity
How do you like your mashed potatoes? Thin and whipped smooth? Or thick and mashed into chunks? Your mouth checks out not just the taste of your food, but its viscosity, or how it flows on your tongue, every time you take a bite. In this...
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Daniel Bernoulli
Excellent in-depth biography of Daniel Bernoulli's life and scientific accomplishments. Information on Bernoulli's family, education, and major works is included. Also includes links to information on other scientists and mathematicians.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Molecular View of a Liquid
This simulation allows students to make observations about the structure and movement of particles in a liquid.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mystery Material: Is It a Solid or a Liquid?
Is it a solid or a liquid? In this activity, students will handle a mystery substance that has qualities of both a solid and a liquid while learning about phases. They will manipulate the substance, record any observations they...
University of Hawai'i
The Hawai`i Space Grant Consortium: Viscosity
This site provides a detailed overview of viscosity, focusing on why viscosity is so important to learn and understand. Content includes the formula for determining the viscosity of a liquid, as well as a break-down of the viscosities of...
Other
Desktop Aeronautics, Inc.: Airfoils
This chapter from an online demonstration textbook discusses airfoils. Basic concepts are explained, as well as complex equations and diagrams.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Water Spinner
A student demonstration which illustrates that rotating water has a curved surface called a parabola.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Urinary System
If you've ever wondered where urine comes from, this movie and activity guide has the answer! [5:14]
American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: Surface Tension
Explore the chemical properties involved in surface tension.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Floating and Falling Flows
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...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Density Rainbow and the Great Viscosity Race
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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Types of Friction
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The four types of friction and how they act on objects.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Cargo Challenge Problem
Students figure out how much mass can be put in a boat without having the boat go fully under the fluid.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Flow Rate Problem
Students must determine the flow rate and speed of the water leaving a faucet based on the time it takes to fill a beaker to a certain height and the radius of the faucet the water is exiting from.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Pascal's Principle Problem
Students must determine the force required to hold a syringe in place when a second force is trying to get it to move.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Force Buoyancy Problem
Students must figure out the number of people that can go on a raft without having the raft go fully under the fluid.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Percent Floating Challenge
Students must figure out how much of a ball will be under a fluid when it is in equilibrium with its environment.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Pascal's Principle Lab
This environment has been created to allow students to see how larger masses can be balanced or even lifted by smaller masses by designing your system correctly.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Flow Rate Lab
This environment has been created to allow students to discover the formula that links flow rate to velocity from a faucet and the radius of the faucet.