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Active learning and using in class activities<\/b><\/p>\n

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  1. Active Learning \u2013 What, Why and How<\/a> (Lisa Benson<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  2. Implementing Classroom Demonstrations \u2013 Incorporating Student Inquiry<\/a> (Amy Chan-Hilton<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Material Properties<\/b><\/p>\n

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    1. Definition of a fluid – sliding OHP transparencies<\/a>(video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
    2. Measuring specific gravity of oil with a U-tube manometer<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
    3. Surface tension, soap bubbles, and footballs<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
    4. Surface tension, Bernoulli, and soap bubbles II \u2013 bubble size<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
    5. Surface tension \u2013 Parting of the pepper sea<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
    6. Surface tension – floating Ping-Pong balls<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
    7. Viscosity of different fluids<\/a> (videos<\/a>)<\/li>\n
    8. Vapour pressure – Piston driven cavitation<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
    9. Non-Newtonian silly putty<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
    10. Atmospheric pressure – plunger tug-o-war<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
    11. Molecular diffusion is a very slow process<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
    12. Compressibility and incompressibility demonstrated with soda bottles and ketchup<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
    13. More on surface tension \u2013 floating Ping-Pong balls<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Hydrostatics<\/b><\/p>\n

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      1. Visualizing hydrostatic pressure distributions using piles of books<\/a><\/li>\n
      2. Atmospheric pressure, hydrostatics, and upside down water glasses<\/a> (videos<\/a>) (Henry Burridge<\/a>)<\/li>\n
      3. Buoyancy – Pushing down on water<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
      4. Buoyancy and floating balls<\/a><\/li>\n
      5. Buoyancy – floating soap bubbles<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
      6. Measuring specific gravity of oil with a U-tube manometer<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
      7. Manometers – the curious case of the coiled manometer<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
      8. Buoyancy \u2013 Balancing ping-pong balls<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
      9. ‘Rotational buoyancy’ – Hydrostatic pressure in solid body rotation<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
      10. Buoyancy: Throwing rocks from boats (and weighing coins)<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
      11. Hydrostatics under solid body acceleration: dropping leaky bottles<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
      12. ‘Rotational buoyancy’ update – potting wheels and fishing tackle<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
      13. Solid body rotation – measuring the rotational velocity of a potting wheel<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
      14. Can popping a balloon demonstrate that air has mass?<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Kinematics<\/b><\/p>\n

          \n
        1. Visualizing streak lines, path lines, and streamlines with lots of Ping-Pong balls<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
        2. Vorticity and walking in circles<\/a> (video)<\/a><\/li>\n
        3. Fire whirl and stretching a vortex<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Conservation of volume<\/b><\/p>\n

            \n
          1. Control volumes and conservation of ping-pong balls<\/a> (videos<\/a>)<\/li>\n
          2. Conservation of volume – turbulent plumes and the filling box problem<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
          3. Compressible vs incompressible flow and conservation of mass<\/a> (video<\/a>) from A. P.\u00a0Baburaj<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Bernoulli<\/b><\/p>\n

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            1. Levitating a Ping-Pong ball in a funnel<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
            2. Bernoulli, head loss and siphoning water from a fish tank<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
            3. Blood pressure and Bernoulli<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
            4. Bernoulli and the discharge velocity from a water pistol<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
            5. Collapsing paper tents<\/a> (video<\/a>) (Jean Hertzberg<\/a>)<\/li>\n
            6. Discharge coefficient calculation and data presentation<\/a>(video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
            7. Radial flow, Bernoulli, and levitating an index card<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
            8. Pumpless fountains<\/a> (video coming soon)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              Work energy equation<\/b><\/p>\n

                \n
              1. Pendulums and deriving the work energy equation<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
              2. A $19 desktop constant head tank<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                Momentum and angular momentum<\/b><\/p>\n

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                1. Momentum, angular momentum, and bendy straws<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
                2. Momentum \u2013 air jets and paper plates<\/a> (videos<\/a>)<\/li>\n
                3. Angular momentum and box fan design<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  Dimensional analysis<\/b><\/p>\n

                    \n
                  1. Drag, dimensional analysis, and coffee filters<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
                  2. Dimensional Analysis and turbulent jets<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
                  3. Dimensional Analysis – spring mass systems<\/a> (videos<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    Drag, lift, and wakes
                    \n<\/b><\/p>\n

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                    1. Drag, dimensional analysis, and coffee filters<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
                    2. Flow separation and lift forces on houses<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
                    3. Lift, Boundary layer separation, and curve balls<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
                    4. Flow attachment, wakes, and blowing a candle out around a cup <\/a>(video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
                    5. Drag, added mass, and Spring-Mass systems<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
                    6. Rotational lift – Magnus effect on golf balls<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                      Boundary Layers<\/b><\/p>\n

                        \n
                      1. Spin up, boundary layers, and tracking tea leaves<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                        Pipe flow<\/b><\/p>\n

                          \n
                        1. Bernoulli, head loss and siphoning water from a fish tank<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
                        2. Pipe networks and head loss<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
                        3. Desktop pipe flow and pipe network demonstrations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                          Open channel flow<\/b><\/p>\n

                            \n
                          1. Radial hydraulic jumps<\/a> (video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                            Pumps and turbines<\/b><\/p>\n

                              \n
                            1. Pump performance curves<\/a> (video<\/a>) (updated video<\/a> from John Cimbala<\/a> and Laura Pauley<\/a>)<\/li>\n
                            2. Pump efficiency calculations<\/a> (Ed Maurer<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                              Turbulence <\/b><\/p>\n

                                \n
                              1. Turbulence in stratified and unstratified environments<\/a> (video<\/a>) by Bruce Sutherland<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                Viscous flows <\/b><\/p>\n

                                  \n
                                1. Viscous flow between parallel plates – lubrication and interfacial instabilities<\/a> (video<\/a>) by Morris Flynn<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                  Take home lab \/ demonstrations<\/b><\/p>\n

                                    \n
                                  1. Background<\/a><\/li>\n
                                  2. Reflections on uncertainty quantification<\/a><\/li>\n
                                  3. Ranking of common fluids by density<\/a><\/li>\n
                                  4. Measuring the density of oil<\/a><\/li>\n
                                  5. Measuring your specific gravity<\/a><\/li>\n
                                  6. Measuring the relative viscosity<\/a><\/li>\n
                                  7. Measuring the exit velocity of a hose<\/a><\/li>\n
                                  8. Measuring the mass flux from a compressed air can<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                    Other fluids education resources<\/b><\/p>\n

                                      \n
                                    1. Other fluids education resources I \u2013 websites, books, and DVDs<\/a><\/li>\n
                                    2. Other fluids education resources II \u2013 online videos<\/a><\/li>\n
                                    3. Other fluids education resources III – YouTube channels<\/a><\/li>\n
                                    4. Other fluids education resources IV: Science puzzles and fluids lab books<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                      Contributors <\/b><\/p>\n

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                                      1. \n
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                                        1. A. P. Baburaj<\/a><\/li>\n
                                        2. Lisa Benson<\/a><\/li>\n
                                        3. Henry Burridge<\/a><\/li>\n
                                        4. Amy Chan-Hilton<\/a><\/li>\n
                                        5. John Cimbala<\/a><\/li>\n
                                        6. Morris Flynn<\/a><\/li>\n
                                        7. Jean Hertzberg<\/a><\/li>\n
                                        8. Nigel Berkeley Kaye<\/a><\/li>\n
                                        9. Ed Maurer<\/a><\/li>\n
                                        10. Laura Pauley<\/a><\/li>\n
                                        11. Ben Sill<\/a><\/li>\n
                                        12. Bruce Sutherland<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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