Monon Elementary School 
Exploring the concept of buoyancy with a spring scale, golf ball, and water.
Exploring the concept of buoyancy with a spring scale, golf ball, and water.
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Sound waves can be indirectly viewed when they are added to water.
Sound waves can be indirectly viewed when they are added to water.
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Bernoulli's Principle states that when air is flowing, it has less pressure.  Thus when this young man blows between the two golf balls, they COME TOGETHER!
Bernoulli's Principle states that when air is flowing, it has less pressure. Thus when this young man blows between the two golf balls, they COME TOGETHER!
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Newton's First Law of Motion can be demonstrated with a soup can, index card, and quarter.
Newton's First Law of Motion can be demonstrated with a soup can, index card, and quarter.
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According to Newton's First Law, when an index card is
According to Newton's First Law, when an index card is "shot" off the top of a soup can, the quarter falls into the can.
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Warm air rises.  This is a principle of convection currents.  When a can, cold from the ice chest, is dipped into soapy detergent, and the can is then warmed, the warm air rises to form the bubble.
Warm air rises. This is a principle of convection currents. When a can, cold from the ice chest, is dipped into soapy detergent, and the can is then warmed, the warm air rises to form the bubble.
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Sometimes one just has to roll up her sleeves and get her hands wet to understand which force is greater--the downward forces of water and gravity or the upward force of air pressure.
Sometimes one just has to roll up her sleeves and get her hands wet to understand which force is greater--the downward forces of water and gravity or the upward force of air pressure.
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Wow!  Did the weight of the golf ball really disappear?
Wow! Did the weight of the golf ball really disappear?
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How can this be?  How can the golf ball weigh 50 grams in the air and zero grams in the water?
How can this be? How can the golf ball weigh 50 grams in the air and zero grams in the water?
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