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    6-035-Shampoo-ModelingScenario
    We ask students to model the amount of shampoo in a bottle if when we shower we do not cover the opening at the top of the bottle while in the shower.
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    2012-Lensyl-Urbano-The Draining of a Plastic Bottle-Integrating a Physics Experiment into Calculus
    I punched a small hole (about 1mm radius) in a one gallon plastic bottle and had my students measure the rate at which water drained.
    in-class activityexperimentTorricelli's Lawcylinder of waterexpderiment
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    2000-deOlivera-Delfino-Costa-Leite-Pinhole Water Flow From Cylindrical Bottles
    The water flowing from the first bottle feeds the second one located below it. The same concepts of mass and energy conservation now lead to a non-trivial differential equation for the lowest bottle dynamics.
    Torricelli's LawConservation of EnergytConservation of MassBernoulli’s Theorem
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    1-068-WaterBottleCooling-ModelingScenario
    Students create of a differential equation describing how fluid in a water bottle will change its temperature to approach the ambient temperature in a room.
    bNewton's Law of Coolingwater bottleautonomousbottle
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    1-142-WaterBottles-ModelingScenario
    This project involves the application of Newton's law of cooling to the study of insulated water bottles. Students have the option to conduct experiments with their own bottles outside of class or use data included in the student version.
    data collectionexperimenthalf-lifeNewton's Law of Coolingwater bottle
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    1-073-WaterExitBottle-ModelingScenario
    We offer an experiment in which data is collected to ascertain a parameter in the differential equation formulation of Torricelli's Law for water flow out of a cylindrical container.
    datawaterflowTorricelli's Lawbottle
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    1-074-BottleWaterFlow-ModelingScenario
    We offer an experiment in which data is collected to ascertain a parameter in the differential equation formulation of Torricelli's Law for water flow.
    bwaterTorricelli's Lawbottle
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    1-064-TorricelliBox-ModelingScenario
    The time it takes a column of water to empty and the time it takes the same volume of column of water with a box (various sizes) submerged in the column of water are compared through modeling with Torricelli's Law.
    groundwater flowcolumn of waterTorricelli's Lawwater displacementsubmerged box
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    2015-Goodnow-EtAl-Mathematical Models of Water Clocks
    This is a historical tour of water clocks, known as clepsydra a Greek word meaning water thief. These devices were for telling time.
    Torricelli's Lawwater clockBernoulli's Lawclepsydra
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    6-030-SaltAndTorricelli-ModelingScenario
    We build on a model for the height of a falling column of water with a small hole in the container at the bottom of the column of water. We use data from one video of a falling column of water.
    whole picturetankmixingflowcolumn of watersalt mixinggraduated cylinderapertureTorricelli's Law
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    1-090-EmptySphericalTank-ModelingScenario
    We model the emptying of water from a spherical tank. First, we pump out water at a constant rate. Second, we allow the water to exit through a small hole in the bottom of the tank. We seek to determine how fast the water level is falling in both...
    VolumesphereTorricelli's Lawtimingspherical tankfluidempty
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    2006-G_Ashline-J_Ellis-Monaghan-How high-fast-long-Modeling water rocket flight with calculus
    We describe an easy and fun project using water rockets to demonstrate applications of single variable calculus concepts.
    calculusFlightprojectilewater rocket
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    1-029-ConeToCubeFlow-ModelingScenario
    An inverted right circular cone with a hole at the bottom is suspended above an open-topped cube which also has a hole in the center of the bottom. The cone is filled with water and we model water flow from cone to cube and out the bottom of the...
    waterflowTorricelli's Lawconecube
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    1-057-FiguringFluidFlow-ModelingScenario
    We propose three differential equations models for the height of a column of falling water as the water exits a small bore hole at the bottom of the cylinder and ask students to determine which model is the best of the three.
    dischargetankTorricelli's LawConservation of Energyfluid flowheightliquid
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    1-015-Torricelli-ModelingScenario
    We help students develop a model (Torricelli's Law) for the height of a falling column of water with a small hole in the container at the bottom of the column of water through which water exits the column.
    dataSpanishtankcolumn of waterapertureTorricelli's LawConservation of EnergytSolverwater flowExcel Solver
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    1999-Leonid_Hanin-Which tank empties first
    Suppose that water towers like those shown in the opening are initially filled with water and have the same volume, height, and cross-sectional outlet area. Which one empties first?
    tankTorricelli's Lawspherical tankemptyfrustrum of conecylinder
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    1-058-WaterClocks-ModelingScenario
    We apply Torricelli's Law to the task of building a water clock in which the height of the water in a container falls at a constant rate when the container has a hole in the bottom to let the water flow out.
    flowTorricelli's Lawspigotswater clock
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    1-063-ThreeHoleColumnOfWater-ModelingScenario
    We consider a column of water with three holes or spigots through which water can exit and ask students to model the height of the column of water over time.
    fallingcolumn of waterTorricelli's Lawmultiple spigotsspigots
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    2020-TeachingModule-ModelingFallingColumnOfWater
    We discuss how to model a falling column of water empirically and analytically from first principles in physics laws.
    modulecolumn of waterTorricelli's LawTorricelliTeaching Module
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    1-059-ContainerShapeFallingWater-ModelingScenario
    We examine many different physical situations to determine the time it takes a fixed volume of water to flow out of different shape containers through the same size exit hole at the bottom of the container.
    containersTorricelli's Lawshapedischarge coefficient