published by
the Exploratorium
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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![]() <a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=3732">Exploratorium. Balancing Ball. San Francisco: Exploratorium, 2006.</a>
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Title = {Balancing Ball},
Publisher = {Exploratorium},
Volume = {2025},
Number = {1 May 2025},
Year = {2006}
}
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