Gravity Fountain
We're Chloe and Jesse! We play in the water every chance we get. When we go to our favorite water park, we have a blast playing with the fountains. That got us thinking: what does it take to make a high-spraying fountain? We went to the Montshire Museum in Norwich, Vermont, to do some hands-on experimenting with water. They have an outdoor water exhibit called a rill, which is a little stream. Our goal: how can we make a gravity-fed water fountain that shoots 20 feet into the air?
Download Now (287 kb)We're Chloe and Jesse! We play in the water every chance we get. When we go to our favorite water park, we have a blast playing with the fountains. That got us thinking: what does it take to make a high-spraying fountain? We went to the Montshire Museum in Norwich, Vermont, to do some hands-on experimenting with water. They have an outdoor water exhibit called a rill, which is a little stream. Our goal: how can we make a gravity-fed water fountain that shoots 20 feet into the air?
How would you investigate this question?
Create your own gravity fountain. Investigate factors that make water shoot high in the air. Describe your investigation in your notebook and discuss it with your teacher, or go to Gravity Fountain to learn more about what Chloe and Jesse discovered.
