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At this site from the Exploratorium, users can discover how to levitate a table tennis ball with the stream of air from a vacuum cleaner.  Also users will find an explanation of what happens in terms of Bernoulli's principle, questions about the activity, and applications to flight. This activity is part of Exploratorium's Science Snacks series.
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Fluids
- Dynamics of Fluids
- Informal Education
- Middle School
- High School
- Instructional Material
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Keywords: Bernoulli principle, activity, fluids
Record Creator: Metadata instance created June 12, 2006 by Ann Deml
Record Updated: Aug 02, 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 March 19, 2025, 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 19 March 2025).
MLA Format
Balancing Ball. San Francisco: Exploratorium, 2006. 19 Mar. 2025 <https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/balancing-ball>.
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@misc{ Title = {Balancing Ball}, Publisher = {Exploratorium}, Volume = {2025}, Number = {19 March 2025}, Year = {2006} }
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