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Surface Tension
Fluid Statics
Fluid Dynamics: Torricelli's Law; Air Driven Devices; Venturi Tube and Qualitative Verification of Bernouilli's Equation; Toilet paper gun; Airplane Wing in Wind Tunnel; Air Flow Dynamics; Terminal Velocity in Glycerin and Water; Terminal Velocity of Coffee Filters; Laminar and Turbulent Flow; Tornado Vortex; Vortex Cannon

Vortex Cannon

Procedure:

Start a Fog Hog smoke machine ahead of time. Blow smoke into the cannon opening and then shoot smoke rings by pulling on the rubber membrane.

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