Fluids

General

Hydrodynamics – A description of how fluids behave, from a Principles of Flight page

 

States of Matter

Changing States of Matter Interactive Activity – from BBC Kids, experiment with water at different temperatures

Solids, Liquids and Gases Interactive Activity – from BBC Kids, experiment with heating and cooling a substance

States of Matter Interactive Simulation– from PhET lab, explore phase changes with different substances

Gas Properties Interactive Simulation – from PhET lab, explore gas molecules as volume and heat is changed

Eureka Video on Volume and Density

 

Buoyancy

Balloons and Buoyancy Interactive Simulation – from PhET lab, explore by filling the balloons with different gases

Buoyancy Explorer Interactive Activity – from SEED, drop blocks into different liquids to see what will happen

Eureka Video on Buoyancy

 

Viscosity

Viscosity Explorer Interactive Activity – from SEED, learn how viscosity varies from liquid to liquid and how temperature affects viscosity

 

Hydraulics

http://www.howstuffworks.com/hydraulic.htm

http://www.howstuffworks.com/heart.htm

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Hydraulic

 

Pneumatics

http://www.howstuffworks.com/question130.htm

http://www.howstuffworks.com/question193.htm

http://inventors.about.com/od/pstartinventions/a/pneumatic.htm

http://www.amonline.net.au/FISHES/students/dissect/swimbladder.htm

http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/lungs.html

 

Additional Resources

One Drop – Discusses water issues around the world