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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Physics: Classical Mechanics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
College-level online course highlighting the study of classical mechanics. This course focuses on Newtonian mechanics, fluid mechanics, and kinetic gas theory. Course features include a 35 video lecture series by Walter Lewin. Also link...
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Handout
Other

The World Wide Anaestheist: Lung Function Fundamentals

For Students 9th - 10th
The mechanics of lung function are explained. Numerous definitions and examples are provided including Poiseuille's Law, blood flow, ventilation, and fluid mechanical properties.
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Website
Colorado State University

Csu Internal Combustion Engines

For Students 9th - 10th
Dr. Allan T. Kirkpatrick of Colorado State University presents extensive detailed information on thermodynamics, heat transfer in engines, and fluid mechanics.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: A Shot Under Pressure

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use their understanding of projectile physics and fluid dynamics to find the water pressure in water guns. By measuring the range of the water jets, they are able to calculate the theoretical pressure. Students create graphs to...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Gravity Fed Water System for Developing Communities

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students learn about water poverty and how water engineers can develop appropriate solutions to a problem that is plaguing nearly a sixth of the world's population. Students follow the engineering design process to design a gravity-fed...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Measuring Viscosity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students calculate the viscosity of various household fluids by measuring the amount of time it takes marble or steel balls to fall given distances through the liquids. They experience what viscosity means, and also practice using...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Cartesian Diver

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students observe Pascal's law, Archimedes' principle, and the ideal gas law as a Cartesian diver moves within a closed system.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Above Ground Storage Tank Design Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this culminating activity, student groups act as engineering design teams to come up with improved storage tank designs to make them less vulnerable to uplift, displacement and buckling in storm conditions.
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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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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Bernoulli's Principle

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Bernoulli's principle relates the pressure of a fluid to its elevation and its speed. Bernoulli's equation can be used to approximate these parameters in water, air or any fluid that has very low viscosity. Students learn about the...
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Viscous Fluids

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students are introduced to the similarities and differences in the behaviors of elastic solids and viscous fluids. Several types of fluid behaviors are described--Bingham plastic, Newtonian, shear thinning and shear thickening--along...
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Archimedes' Principle, Pascal's Law and Bernoulli's Principle

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners are introduced to Pascal's law, Archimedes' principle, and Bernoulli's principle through problems and engineering applications.
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

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

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students 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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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Rock and Boat

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students observe Archimedes' principle in action in this challenge where a toy boat is placed in a container of water and a rock is placed on the floating boat. Students must explain why the water level rises/falls/stays the same based...
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Supplemental Resources: Continuum Electromechanics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
College-level electrical engineering and computer science textbook highlighting the applications of continuum electromechanics.
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Interactive
American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Atwood Machine in Fluid Model

For Students 9th - 10th
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,...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why Is Ketchup So Hard to Pour?

For Students 9th - 10th
Ever go to pour ketchup on your fries and nothing comes out? Or the opposite happens, and your plate is suddenly swimming in a sea of red? George Zaidan describes the physics behind this frustrating phenomenon, explaining how ketchup and...
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Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Laminar Flow

For Students 9th - 10th
Laminar flow is explained at a basic level here at Exploratorium.com. Examples of things that use laminar flow are given. Links to related sites.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Pascal's Principle and Hydraulics

For Students 9th - 10th
Pascals Principle is explained, illustrated, and related to hydraulics. Learning exercises are given and answered at this NASA site.
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Activity
Science Bob Pflugfelder

Science Bob: Make a Cartesian Diver!

For Students 3rd - 7th
This site presents a procedure for creating a cartesian diver, a miniature submarine which rises or sinks depending upon the water pressure within a closed bottle. The site also introduces basic concepts of water and air pressure.
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Article
Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Daniel Bernoulli

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a short biography about Daniel Bernoulli, and find out about his work in fluid mechanics, and his pioneering work in probability and statistics.
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Website
Integrated Publishing

Integrated Publishing: Pressure and Head

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed site dealing with pressure and force. The site is very complete with numerous examples and illustrations.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Reynolds Number and Its Applications

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes an experiment in turbulent and laminar flow in order to illustrate these concepts in fluid mechanics and how this applies to the Reynolds Number. Gives several examples of applications of the Reynolds Number.
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Handout
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.