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This Exploratorium activity uses dipping birds to provide an introduction to heat engines which convert heat energy to mechanical work.  The site contains an explanation of the physics involved and also an extension activity that powers the bird with a light source.
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Classical Mechanics
- Applications of Newton's Laws
- Work and Energy
Thermo & Stat Mech
- First Law
- Models
= Ideal Gas
- Phase Transitions
- High School
- Middle School
- Informal Education
- Instructional Material
= Activity
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- Learners
- Educators
- text/html
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Keywords:
energy, fluids, pressure, temperature, vapor, work
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Metadata instance created July 6, 2006 by Ann Deml
Record Updated:
August 2, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
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(Exploratorium, San Francisco), WWW Document, (https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/dipping-bird).
AJP/PRST-PER
Dipping Bird (Exploratorium, San Francisco), <https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/dipping-bird>.
APA Format
Dipping Bird. (n.d.). Retrieved May 3, 2024, from Exploratorium: https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/dipping-bird
Chicago Format
Exploratorium. Dipping Bird. San Francisco: Exploratorium. https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/dipping-bird (accessed 3 May 2024).
MLA Format
Dipping Bird. San Francisco: Exploratorium. 3 May 2024 <https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/dipping-bird>.
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@misc{ Title = {Dipping Bird}, Publisher = {Exploratorium}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {3 May 2024}, Year = {} }
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