Code Number: 2B40.23
Demo Title: Water Level - Stones Thrown from a Boat
Condition: Good
Principle: Buoyancy
Area of Study: Fluids
Equipment:
Aluminum Foil Boat, Wooden Boat with Wooden Base Cutout, and Small Metal Weight.
References:
- Paul Hewitt, "Figuring Physics", TPT Vol. 55, #9, Dec. 2017, p. 583.
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- Christo Popov, "A Boat, A Stone, and Another", TPT, Vol. 34, #6, Sept. 1996, p. 327.
- Martin Gardner, "Physics Trick of the Month: Water Level Riddle", TPT, Vol. 33, #5, May 1995, p. 274.
- W.C. Deese and R.E. Hamburg, "Demonstrating the Bowling-Ball-in -the-Boat Puzzle", TPT, Vol. 34, #3, Mar. 1996, p. 187.
- William McNairy, "Baffling Buoyancy", 2008 AAPT/PIRA Apparatus Competition, An Entry for the Low Cost Category.
- Jearl Walker, "2.43. Lead Bar Floating in a Boat", The Flying Circus of Physics Ed. 2, p. 99.