Bernoulli?s principle is being misunderstood and consequently misused. This paper clarifies the issues involved, hypotheses as to how this unfortunate situation has arisen, provides sound explanations for many everyday phenomena involving moving air, and makes associated recommendations for teaching the effects of moving fluids. […]
After having worked on the evolution of the theories regarding why the sky is blue, a series of experiments is presented in order to make the phenomenon of light scattering easily understandable to students and to provide a possible teaching sequence on the topic. […]