Jun 292022
 

Skills

  • Understand/demonstrate how a push is transferred
  • Know examples of hydraulics in action
  • Understand/demonstrate the difference water/air make
  • How to fill a syringe and pipe with water
  • Consider uses of hydraulics in DT projects

Equipment

  • Pairs of syringes with connecting pipe (3 boxes with 40+ pairs per box – comfortably enough for 1 per child in the year group or more if working on a project in groups)
  • Pictures of hydraulics in use
  • Cups of water for filling

How to fill system

  1. Fill one syringe
  2. Connect tube
  3. Push syringe to fill the tube
  4. Put tube in water and pull to fill the syringe and tube
  5. Push the other syringe fully down and connect

Video

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