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SIYENSIKULA

Name of Participant: Justine Nova A. Tayabas


Name of School: Magpet National High School
Coaches: Elvina L. Taran, Paul Vincent B. Bañados

YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/eMtQrZeNFb0

VIDEO SCRIPT
Eureka!
The Archimedes’ Principle

Oh, hi there! You might be wondering why I’m inside this wonderful shop. Well,
earth is currently on fire and we all deserve some nice refreshments now, don't we? And
we're not gonna talk about climate change. What we're gonna talk about is what's inside
this very cup.
Have you ever wondered why the pearls on your milk tea stay at the bottom of
the cup while the ice stays afloat? And come to think of it, why do ice bergs which are
very enormous in size stay on top of the ocean while a small needle sinks? What is this
sorcery? Well, it’s not sorcery at all. It's all physics.
(Transition)
Hi, I'm Tine. Let me take you to the most obvious place where we can find the
answers to your curious questions.
(Transition)
Ah, the beach. Perfect for this weather. And most importantly, perfect for this
lesson! Have you tried pushing a beach ball under the water? I bet you have! It is
difficult to fully submerge the beach ball because of the buoyant force that counteracts
the applied force. But, how strong is the buoyant force? Why do some objects sink while
others float? Well, it’s certainly not because of size because a tiny peso coin sinks while
a massive ship floats. The answer to these questions is explained by the Archimedes’
Principle.
(Transition)
Archimedes Principle states that when an object is immersed fully or
partially in a fluid (may it be liquid or gas), it experiences an upward force that is
equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by it.
FB = Wfluid
Magnitude of Weight of
buoyant force displaced fluid

(Transition)
Now, let’s compare a tennis ball and a stone of approximately the same size.
Since the stone weighs much more than the amount of water that it displaces, it sinks.
Meanwhile, the tennis ball displaces a very small amount of water, and the air inside is
lighter than the weight of the water that it displaces. The buoyant force is what keeps
the tennis ball afloat.
(Transition)
How can this principle be applied to ships? Steel is much denser than water, so
you would think that massive steel ships would sink, right? Well, think again! Ships are
made of mostly hollowed-out shells of steel. But most importantly, there is air inside
these ships! And air is much less dense than water which keeps the ships floating!
(Transition)
Let us apply this principle to understand the physics behind the Goodyear
airship. Consider this problem:
*A Goodyear airship usually contains about 5.40 x 10 3 m3 of helium gas, whose
density is 0.179 kg/m3. How much is the weight of the load that the airship can carry in
equilibrium at an altitude where the density of the air is 1.20 kg/m 3?
Since the forces balance at equilibrium, the buoyant force is equal to the sum of
the weight of the helium gas and the weight of the load.

WHe + WL = FB
Rearranging our equation, the weight of the load is the difference between the
buoyant force and the weight of the helium gas.

WL = FB - WHe
We know that Weight = mass x acceleration due to gravity (W=mg), and density
ρ is mass divided by volume, so mass = ρV. Thus, the weight of the helium gas can be
solved using this formula:
WHe = mHe g = ρHeVHe g
Assuming that volume of air, Vair is equals to the volume of helium gas, VHe
Vair = VHe
*Since the volume occupied by the outer structure of the airship is negligible compared
to the volume of the Helium gas

We can apply the Archimedes’ Principle, so the equation for the buoyant force
would be like this:

FB = Wair = ρair Vair g


FB = ρair VHe g
Combining these formulas algebraically, we can solve for the weight of the load
that the airship can carry with this formula.

WL = FB - WHe
WL = ρair VHe g - ρHeVHe g
Substituting the given values, the weight of the load that the airship can carry at
an altitude of ρair = 1.20 kg/m3 is 5.40 x 104 Newtons.

WL = (ρair - ρHe) VHe g = (1.20 kg/m3 – 0.179 kg/m3) (5.40 x 103 m3) (9.80 m/s2)
WL = 5.40 x 104 N
(Transition)
We now know why these babies (point at pearls) stay at the bottom! Well, we
hope that we had contributed to your 'Eureka' moment!
Stay curious!
Bibliography

Cutnell, John D., and Kenneth W. Johnson. “Fluids.” Chapter. In Introduction to Physics,
8th ed., 330–334. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2009.

Edmonds, Molly. “How Life Jackets Work.” How Stuff Works, March 14, 2008.
https://adventure.howstuffworks.com/outdoor-activities/water-sports/life-
jacket1.htm.

Free Stock Videos TV. “Beach View” September 25, 2020.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30M-fYyPgcU

Image. “Airship”. Retrieved August 22, 2021. https://www.canva.com/design

McDonald, Amy. “Why Do Ships Float?” Let's Talk Science, September 24, 2019.
https://letstalkscience.ca/educational-resources/stem-in-context/why-do-ships-
float.

Pasco, Billy. “Open Waters” Unsplash, July 22, 2017.


https://unsplash.com/photos/F5oj6SYoarc

No Copyright Background Music. “Upbeat Happy No Copyright Free Energetic


Background Music for Videos”, January 20, 2021.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEZmxsaKXAg

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