Found 0 - 5 results of 5 programs matching keyword "why do boats float" |
Exploratorium Science at America's Cup: Science of Sailing 101 (Clip)
Running Time:
04:53
04:53
How can a wind-powered sailboat move faster than the wind? Why do the America's Cup sails look like airplane wings? With the beginner in mind, Exploratorium senior scientist Paul Doherty introduces the basic physics of sailing and sail design.
Project: Exploratorium Science at America's Cup | Browse All
Date: November 18, 2011
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: exploratorium, america's cup, sailing, science, wind, waves, boats, ships, paul doherty, physics
Project: Exploratorium Science at America's Cup | Browse All
Date: November 18, 2011
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: exploratorium, america's cup, sailing, science, wind, waves, boats, ships, paul doherty, physics
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Exhibit Services: Balancing Ball (Clip)
Running Time:
00:00:15
00:00:15
At the Balancing Ball exhibit, a plastic beach ball floats mysteriously several feet above a large plastic cone. Upon closer inspection, the ball is found to be floating on a stream of air blowing out of the cone; visitors interact with the ball, changing its position in relation to the air flow.
Project: Exploratorium Exhibit Services | Browse All
Date: January 10, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: ball, air, airflow, float, stream, exhibit
Project: Exploratorium Exhibit Services | Browse All
Date: January 10, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: ball, air, airflow, float, stream, exhibit
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Ice Stories: Barrow Boat Basin (Clip)
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00:00:26
00:00:26
Shots of research vessel in the Barrow boat basin near Nuvuk.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: August 29, 2007
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: barrow, arctic, scenic, alaska, boats
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: August 29, 2007
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: barrow, arctic, scenic, alaska, boats
Iron Science Teacher: Aluminum Foil (Webcast)
Running Time:
00:59:28
00:59:28
Watch as the best teachers on the planet battle it out for the title of Iron Science Teacher. In this zany competition teachers will have ten minutes to create a science activity. Tee off with this week’s “secret” ingredient-aluminum foil!
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: August 6, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics
Keywords: teachers, experiments, activities, tinfoil into copper, density, aluminum foil boats, surface tension, bouyancy, hydrogen blimp model, electrical charge, electroscope model, static electricity, properites of aluminum foil, aluminum foil battery, activated charcoal,
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: August 6, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics
Keywords: teachers, experiments, activities, tinfoil into copper, density, aluminum foil boats, surface tension, bouyancy, hydrogen blimp model, electrical charge, electroscope model, static electricity, properites of aluminum foil, aluminum foil battery, activated charcoal,
| Real: 225K |
Iron Science Teacher: Tennis Balls (Webcast)
Running Time:
1:05:40
1:05:40
Watch as the best teachers on the planet battle it out for the title of Iron Science Teacher. In this zany competition teachers will have ten minutes to create a science activity. This week’s “secret” ingredient: tennis balls!
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: August 3, 2000
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: activitiies, contests, amusement park ride physiology, gravity forces on the human body, gravitational forces on the human body, free fall deomnstrator, bouyancy, why do boats float, floatation, doppler effect, 5-tone whirly, how radar works, air pressure in tennis b
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: August 3, 2000
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: activitiies, contests, amusement park ride physiology, gravity forces on the human body, gravitational forces on the human body, free fall deomnstrator, bouyancy, why do boats float, floatation, doppler effect, 5-tone whirly, how radar works, air pressure in tennis b
| Real: 34K |
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