Author's Suggestions for Smoke Ring Machines and Dolphin Bubbles
| title | description | rating | post date | author | |
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| Tabletop Flaming Hurricane |
This experiment demonstrates the basic features of hurricanes and tornadoes in spectacular fashion. With a kitchen turntable or a spinning stool, it can be put together with common classroom materials. A tutorial on hurricanes is included. Lecture slides are attached. ... |
(4 votes) |
31-Mar-14 | guy |
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| Desk Chair Angular Momentum |
Describes a simple demonstration of angular momentum conservation using a spinning desk chair. A short tutorial of angular momentum and angular momentum conservation is included. |
(5 votes) |
25-Mar-14 | guy |
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| Vortex in a Bottle |
Instructions for building the vortex in a bottle, a device that produces a vortex like the one found in a bathtub drain. The device is completely self-contained and can be used in any classroom setting. It is simple enough and cheap enough for students to build their own to... |
(9 votes) |
25-Mar-14 | guy |
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| Bernoulli's Principle and the Venturi Tube |
The Bernoulli principle states that a region of fast flowing fluid exerts lower pressure on its surroundings than a region of slow flowing fluid. The principle applies to the motion of air over an airplane wing, to air flow through a carburetor, to a flag flapping in the... |
(97 votes) |
2-Oct-13 | guy |
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