Welcome to Kent District Library’s Stump the Librarian Podcast where your friendly neighborhood librarians put their research skills to the test answering questions from you, the listener! Jill and Liz every other Wednesday to learn new and exciting information. Think you have a question that can stump us? Visit www.kdl.org/stump to submit a question of your own!
Episodes
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Join Jill and Liz as they answer the questions “Can a sailboat sail forever with a fan?” and “How do cruise ships stay afloat?” We also share a boat fact of the day and a storytelling book recommendation. To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump. We can’t wait to hear from you!
Jill’s Fact of the Day, Boats! (And Other Things That Float) https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C850226
Liz’s book recommendation, The Storyteller’s Handbook https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C895894
Concerning sailboats:
https://wgvu.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/kqed09.sci.phys.maf.kqedsailing/the-physics-of-sailing/
Is It Possible To Blow Your Own Sail?
Fan Cart - Blowing into your own Sail- part 1 // Homemade Science with Bruce Yeany
https://projectarchaeology.org/2020/01/17/how-sailing-happened/
Concerning cruise ships:
Bill Nye explains buoyancy: Bill Nye the Science Guy - S01E05 Buoyancy
Royal Caribbean: https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/
Archimedes: https://www.worldbookonline.com/kids/home?subacct=18279#article/ar832494
Book: Adler, David A. Things That Float and Things That Don’t New York: Holiday House, c2013
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