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the Physics Education Technology Project
Available Languages: English, French, Spanish
This applet experiments with a helium balloon, a hot air balloon, or a rigid sphere filled with different gases. The user can discover what makes some balloons float and others sink. Teaching ideas and activities are included. The direct link to the simulation is given as a mirror URL.
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Fluid Mechanics
- General
- Statics of Fluids
Thermo & Stat Mech
- Lower Undergraduate
- High School
- Informal Education
- Instructional Material
= Activity
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- Learners
- Educators
- application/java
- text/html
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Mirror:
http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/ide… Access Rights:
Free access Restriction:
© 2007 University of Colorado, Physics Education TechnologyAdditional information is available.
Keywords:
Gas law, buoyancy, fluids, gas , pressure, temperature, thermodynamics
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November 15, 2007
by Alea Smith
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January 21, 2011
by Lyle Barbato
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November 15, 2007
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<a href="http://www.compadre.org/introphys/items/detail.cfm?ID=6096">Physics Education Technology Project. PhET Simulation: Balloons & Buoyancy . Boulder: Physics Education Technology Project, November 15, 2007.</a>
PhET Simulation: Balloons & Buoyancy (Physics Education Technology Project, Boulder, 2007), WWW Document, (http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/balloons-and-buoyancy ).
PhET Simulation: Balloons & Buoyancy (Physics Education Technology Project, Boulder, 2007), <http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/balloons-and-buoyancy>.
PhET Simulation: Balloons & Buoyancy . (2007, November 15). Retrieved May 24, 2013, from Physics Education Technology Project: http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/balloons-and-buoyancy
Physics Education Technology Project. PhET Simulation: Balloons & Buoyancy . Boulder: Physics Education Technology Project, November 15, 2007. http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/balloons-and-buoyancy (accessed 24 May 2013).
PhET Simulation: Balloons & Buoyancy . Boulder: Physics Education Technology Project, 2007. 15 Nov. 2007. 24 May 2013 <http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/balloons-and-buoyancy>.
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Title = {PhET Simulation: Balloons & Buoyancy},
Publisher = {Physics Education Technology Project},
Volume = {2013},
Number = {24 May 2013},
Month = {November 15, 2007},
Year = {2007}
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