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Fluid Pressure and Flow
Explore pressure in the atmosphere and underwater. Reshape a pipe to see how it changes fluid flow speed. Experiment with a leaky water tower to see how the height and water level determine the water trajectory.
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Teaching Resources
Main Topics
- Pressure
- Water
- Fluids
- Fluid Dynamics
- Bernoulli
- Density
Sample Learning Goals
- Investigate how pressure changes in air and water.
- Discover how you can change pressure.
- Predict pressure in a variety of situations.
- Determine how fluid motion affects the pressure.
- Figure out how to convert water pressure to water velocity.
Tips for Teachers
The teacher's guide (pdf) contains tips created by the PhET team.
Teaching Ideas
| Title | Authors | Level | Type | Updated |
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Fluid Pressure - an inquiry introduction
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Trish Loeblein | MS UG-Intro HS |
Lab HW CQs |
6/22/12 |
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Algebra-based Physics Semester one lessons, clicker questions, and schedule in pdf (Inquiry Based)
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
CQs Lab Demo HW |
7/20/13 |
| Static Fluid Pressure and Fluid Flow | Shawn Templin | HS UG-Intro |
Lab | 12/5/13 |
| Fluids Lab | Travis Brown | HS | Lab | 5/9/13 |
| Fluid Experiments | Patrick Foley | UG-Intro HS |
Lab | 4/18/13 |
| Fluid Presure and Continuity Lab | Chris Bires | UG-Intro HS |
Lab | 1/18/13 |
| Static Pressure | Ray Smola | HS | HW Lab |
12/4/12 |
You can submit your own ideas and activities.
Related Simulations
Translated Versions:
| Language | Language (Translated) | Simulation Title | ||
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| Albanian | shqipe | Shtypja e lëngjeve dhe rrjedhja e tyre | Run Now | |
| Arabic | العربية | ضغط السائل والتدفق | Run Now | |
| Armenian | Armenian | Հեղուկի ճնշումը և հոսքը | Run Now | |
| Basque | Basque | Fluidoaren Presioa eta Jarioa | Run Now | |
| Bosnian | Bosnian | Protok fluida i pritisak | Run Now | |
| Brazilian Portuguese | português (Brasil) | Pressão do Fluido e Fluxo | Run Now | |
| Catalan | català | Pressió del fluid i corrent | Run Now | |
| Chinese - Simplified | 中文 (中国) | 液体的流动与压力 | Run Now | |
| Chinese - Traditional | 中文 (台灣) | 液體的流動與壓力 | Run Now | |
| Danish | Dansk | Væsketryk og bevægelse | Run Now | |
| Dutch | Nederlands | Vloeistofdruk en stroming | Run Now | |
| French | français | Pression du fluide et Flux | Run Now | |
| Galician | Gallegan | Fluxo e Presión do fluído | Run Now | |
| German | Deutsch | Flüssigkeitsdruck und Durchfluss | Run Now | |
| Greek | Ελληνικά | Πίεση και Ροή υγρού | Run Now | |
| Haitian | Haitian | Presyon nan flwid ak ekoulman | Run Now | |
| Hebrew | עברית | לחץ נוזלים וזרימה | Run Now | |
| Hungarian | magyar | Folyadéknyomás & folyadékáramlás | Run Now | |
| Indonesian | Bahasa Indonesia | Tekanan dan Aliran Fluida | Run Now | |
| Italian | italiano | Pressione in un fluido e portata | Run Now | |
| Japanese | 日本語 | 流圧と流速 | Run Now | |
| Kannada | Kannada | ದ್ರವದ ಒತ್ತಡ ಮತ್ತು ಹರಿವು | Run Now | |
| Kazakh | Kazakh | Сұйықтықтың қысымы мен ағын | Run Now | |
| Korean | 한국어 | 유체압력과 흐름 | Run Now | |
| Macedonian | македонски | Проток на флуиди и притисок | Run Now | |
| Marathi | Marathi | द्रव - दाब आणि प्रवाह | Run Now | |
| Norwegian Bokmal | Norwegian Bokmål | Fluidtrykk og gjennomstrømming | Run Now | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Norwegian Nynorsk | Fluidtrykk og gjennomstrøyming | Run Now | |
| Persian | Persian | فشار مايع و شاره | Run Now | |
| Polish | polski | Ciśnienie i Przepływ Cieczy | Run Now | |
| Russian | русский | давление в жидксти и в потоке | Run Now | |
| Serbian | Српски | Проток флуида и притисак | Run Now | |
| Slovak | Slovenčina | Tlak a prúdenie kvapaliny | Run Now | |
| Spanish | español | Presión del fluido y flujo | Run Now | |
| Spanish (Peru) | español (Perú) | Presión de Fluido y Flujo | Run Now | |
| Swedish | svenska | Flödestryck och flöde | Run Now | |
| Turkmen | Turkmen | Suwuklygyň basyşy we akymy | Run Now | |
| Uzbek | Uzbek | Суюклик Босим ва Оким | Run Now | |
| Vietnamese | Tiếng Việt | Dòng và áp suất chất lỏng | Run Now |
Software Requirements
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Microsoft Windows
XP/Vista/7 Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later |
OS 10.5 or later
Sun Java 1.5.0_19 or later |
Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later |
Credits
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