After a study on students' conceptions concerning pressure in fluids, we elaborated a short teaching sequence on the statics of liquids, implemented and evaluated for two years among science students in the first university year. The sequence makes use of a model of liquids at the mesoscopic level through an analogy with a set of sponge balls, treated first as mechanical entities, then as a model of elements of fluids. The aims and the results of this experimentation are presented and discussed.

Pressure in fluids in the presence of gravity: a mesoscopic approach

BESSON, UGO;
2003-01-01

Abstract

After a study on students' conceptions concerning pressure in fluids, we elaborated a short teaching sequence on the statics of liquids, implemented and evaluated for two years among science students in the first university year. The sequence makes use of a model of liquids at the mesoscopic level through an analogy with a set of sponge balls, treated first as mechanical entities, then as a model of elements of fluids. The aims and the results of this experimentation are presented and discussed.
2003
9781402012761
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