In the Flow Rate Experiment, students perform hands-on experiments with a common faucet, as well as work with the Engineering Our Water Living Lab (accessible through TeachEngineering.com) to gain a better understanding of flow rate and how it pertains to engineering and applied science. Students calculate the flow rate of a faucet for three different levels (quarter blast, half blast, and full blast). Building on these calculations, students hypothesize about the flow rate in a nearby river, and then use the Engineering Our Water Living Lab to check their hypothesis. For this lesson to be effective, your students need to have a visual feel for the flow in a nearby river.

Concepts

engineering, rivers, water, stem

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Additional Tags

flow rate, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering, technology, rivers and streams

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)