Lesson Plan: Steady and Turbulent Flow Physics

Students will be able to

• understand that a flowing fluid can be modeled as consisting of individual streams/layers in which the fluid may flow at different speeds,
• understand that a viscous fluid is one where streams/layers with different speeds that are in contact exert forces on each other that act to divert the flow direction,
• understand that smoother flow corresponds to flow direction and speed remaining more constant over a flow region,
• understand that more turbulent flow corresponds to flow direction and speed changing over a flow region more than it would for a smoother flow,
• interpret the flow of a fluid in diagrams of lines depicting the direction and speed of streams/layers of the fluid.