AN INQUIRY-BASED EXERCISE INVOLVING A TANK OF WATER WITH A HOLE IN ITS SIDE

摘要

The tank draining exercise is part of a larger study on inquiry-based laboratory exercises for undergraduate engineering courses in the fluid and thermal sciences. Our research involves the development of the curricular material, measurement of learning gains, and measurement of changes in student attitude toward laboratory work. In this paper we discuss the laboratory hardware, the laboratory procedure, and typical results of using the tank draining hardware.