DemoKindergarten3 minMeeting 32

Self-Starting Siphon

Water keeps flowing uphill over the rim then down.

Teaching & key ideas

What you do: Prime tube, then place outlet lower than source. What students see: Water keeps flowing uphill over the rim then down. Why it works: A continuous liquid column plus gravity/pressure difference drives flow. Question to ask: Why can water travel up before it travels down?

Lesson flow

Predict → demonstrate → observe → briefly explain → ask: Why can water travel up before it travels down?