What do the ideas of Daniel Bernoulli—an 18th-century Swiss mathematician, physicist, natural scientist, and professor—and your students’ next landing of the space shuttle via computer simulation have in common? Because of his contribution, referred in physical science as Bernoulli’s principle, modern flight is possible. The mini learning-cycle described here explores Bernoulli’s principle with several simple activities, and highlights its application in our lives. Through this constructivist instructional strategy, students experience scientific inquiry as a process of discovery shared by humans, during which various explanations of observed phenomena are exchanged among team members.
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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 9/1/2008Stock # ss08_032_01_18Volume 032Issue 01