Wood and Foil Boats Demo

 

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.
  • Darcy A.A. Taniguchi, James Rohr, Sam Ridgway, and Kathryn Schulz, "Two Beakers, Five E’s, Twenty Pennies, and Archimedes’ Principle", TPT, Vol. 57, #3, Mar. 2019, p. 138.
  • Paul Hewitt, "Figuring Physics: Sandy Bottom", TPT, Vol. 46, #8, Nov. 2008, p. 454.
  • 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.
2B40.23 - University of Maryland QOTW #260