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Fluid Pressure and Flow
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Explore pressure in the atmosphere and underwater. Reshape a pipe to see how it changes fluid flow speed. Experiment with a leaky water tower to see how the height and water level determine the water trajectory. |
Teaching Resources
Main Topics
- Pressure
- Water
- Fluids
- Fluid Dynamics
- Bernoulli
- Density
Sample Learning Goals
- Investigate how pressure changes in air and water.
- Discover how you can change pressure.
- Predict pressure in a variety of situations.
- Determine how fluid motion affects the pressure.
- Figure out how to convert water pressure to water velocity.
Tips for Teachers
The teacher's guide (pdf) contains tips created by the PhET team.
Teaching Ideas
| Title | Authors | Level | Type | Updated |
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Fluid Pressure - an inquiry introduction
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Trish Loeblein | MS UG-Intro HS |
HW Lab CQs |
6/22/12 |
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Algebra-based Physics Semester one lessons, clicker questions, and schedule in pdf (Inquiry Based)
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
Demo CQs Lab HW |
8/29/12 |
| Fluids Lab | Travis Brown | HS | Lab | 5/9/13 |
| Fluid Experiments | Patrick Foley | HS UG-Intro |
Lab | 4/18/13 |
| Fluid Presure and Continuity Lab | Chris Bires | UG-Intro HS |
Lab | 1/18/13 |
| Static Pressure | Ray Smola | HS | Lab HW |
12/4/12 |
You can submit your own ideas and activities.
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Software Requirements
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Microsoft Windows
XP/Vista/7 Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later |
OS 10.5 or later
Sun Java 1.5.0_19 or later |
Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later |
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