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This webpage from Exploratorium provides an activity that demonstrates the Bernoulli principle with readily available materials.  In this activity a table tennis ball is levitated in a stream of air from a vacuum cleaner.  The site provides an explanation of what happens, asks questions about the activity, and also describes applications to flight. This activity is part of Exploratorium's Science Snacks series.
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Fluid Mechanics
- Dynamics of Fluids
- Informal Education
- Middle School
- High School
- Instructional Material
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Keywords:
Bernoulli principle, activity, fluids
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Metadata instance created June 12, 2006 by Ann Deml
Record Updated:
August 2, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
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AIP Format
(Exploratorium, San Francisco, 2006), WWW Document, (https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/balancing-ball).
AJP/PRST-PER
Balancing Ball (Exploratorium, San Francisco, 2006), <https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/balancing-ball>.
APA Format
Balancing Ball. (2006). Retrieved April 27, 2024, from Exploratorium: https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/balancing-ball
Chicago Format
Exploratorium. Balancing Ball. San Francisco: Exploratorium, 2006. https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/balancing-ball (accessed 27 April 2024).
MLA Format
Balancing Ball. San Francisco: Exploratorium, 2006. 27 Apr. 2024 <https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/balancing-ball>.
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@misc{ Title = {Balancing Ball}, Publisher = {Exploratorium}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {27 April 2024}, Year = {2006} }
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%0 Electronic Source %D 2006 %T Balancing Ball %I Exploratorium %V 2024 %N 27 April 2024 %9 text/html %U https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/balancing-ball


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