Fluids Resources

Videos

Ted Ed: The Tale of Archimedes

The story of Archimedes, illustrated and narrated, featuring King Hieros, Goldsmith Crook, and Archimedes. Now available for streaming on on demand.

Conceptual Physics: Bed of Nails

We weren't lying. Watch a bare-chested adult male lay down on a bed of nails as Paul Hewitt demonstrates the concepts of pressure, force, and area.

Nasa: The Stellar Diagnostic

Watch the evolution of stars with lots of out-of-this-world pictures and learn about a star's destiny based on its mass.

History Channel: The Wright Brothers

What happens after their first flight on December 17, 1903? Watch the tale of the Wright Brothers, as told on the History Channel.

National Geographic: Puff Daddy

Watch the confrontation between a hungry otter and a blowfish that swells up like a balloon.

Games and Tools

PBS: Matter

Determine matter's destiny by playing around with pressure and temperature.

The Science Channel: The Newtonian Tester

Was Newton right? Test his laws and watch what happens when you push an apple, force a poor worm to pull a gigantic apple, and send a worm into space.

The Discovery Channel: The Fisherman?

Confront the underwater world, test the laws of pressure and buoyancy, and hunt for fish. That last part is optional.

Articles

Discovery Magazine: The Titanic's Revenge

Discover how NASA spotted a huge iceberg the size of Manhattan breaking in half.

Science Magazine: Darwin in Action

Through natural selection, Tibetans have developed genes that allow them to function with lower levels of oxygen from living in the Himalayas. Now that's what we call survival of the fittest.