Electricity and Magnetism -- Fluids

Fluids

"Hey, this is supposed to be a Virtual Workshop on Electricity and Magnetism! What is this section on fluids doing here?"
Fluids and electricity are similar in that they both flow. By learning how fluids behave, we will have a clearer picture what is happening inside the electrical wires.

a siphon used incorrectly

Nothing seems to be happening. How can Joe get the water to run out of the ccontainer?

Main pages in this section	Estimated time required	Link to activities in teacher manual
Flowing fluids	30 minutes	..
Siphon	45 minutes	Siphon # 6
Siphons, continued	45 minutes	Siphon # 4
Science content: energy, fluids, and siphons	30 minutes
Discussion of fluids	45 minutes

Materials needed for this section

tubing *
various containers for water -- 1 or 2 liter plastic bottles, for example (you provide)
energy (you provide)
Graph paper (see advice on graphing)

*Provided in the kit

Another page that you might find interesting:
Why study fluids?

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