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How to Levitate a Ping Pong Ball with a Hair Dryer
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This web page describes an at-home aerodynamics experiment to learn about Bernoulli's principle too.
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Keywords:
Bernoulli, pressure
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Metadata Instance Creation Date November 21, 2003 by Kyle Whipple
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August 16, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
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AIP Format
(California Science Center, Los Angeles, 2003), WWW Document, (http://web.archive.org/web/20111102173754/http://www.californiasciencecenter.org/FunLab/DoItYourself/FloatingInAir/FloatingInAir.php).
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How to Levitate a Ping Pong Ball with a Hair Dryer (California Science Center, Los Angeles, 2003), <http://web.archive.org/web/20111102173754/http://www.californiasciencecenter.org/FunLab/DoItYourself/FloatingInAir/FloatingInAir.php>.
APA Format
How to Levitate a Ping Pong Ball with a Hair Dryer. (2003). Retrieved May 1, 2025, from California Science Center: http://web.archive.org/web/20111102173754/http://www.californiasciencecenter.org/FunLab/DoItYourself/FloatingInAir/FloatingInAir.php
Chicago Format
California Science Center. How to Levitate a Ping Pong Ball with a Hair Dryer. Los Angeles: California Science Center, 2003. http://web.archive.org/web/20111102173754/http://www.californiasciencecenter.org/FunLab/DoItYourself/FloatingInAir/FloatingInAir.php (accessed 1 May 2025).
MLA Format
How to Levitate a Ping Pong Ball with a Hair Dryer. Los Angeles: California Science Center, 2003. 1 May 2025 <http://web.archive.org/web/20111102173754/http://www.californiasciencecenter.org/FunLab/DoItYourself/FloatingInAir/FloatingInAir.php>.
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@misc{ Title = {How to Levitate a Ping Pong Ball with a Hair Dryer}, Publisher = {California Science Center}, Volume = {2025}, Number = {1 May 2025}, Year = {2003} }
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