Monthly Archives: December 2011

In the December CoolStuff newsletter, Bridgette Sparks of Saline High School in Michigan talks about using a discovery based lab exercise for the topic of pressure.
In my classroom I ask the students to calculate the net force on the can by giving them the dimensions of the can and an estimate of the reduced pressure in the can [...]

Over the holiday break, Arbor Scientific will be quietly launching our new website!  If you happened to drop by and are reading this note, then you caught us!  We thought it was best to take the new website for test drive during the holidays when things are a little more quiet.  So we aren't spreading [...]

Arbor Scientific has officially launched a new blog!  The blog is less formal than our official CoolStuff Newsletter, but it will be filled with ideas and perspectives from teachers just like yourself.  Stay tuned for more information on this exciting new development in the new year!

You may have tried the can crushing pressure demo, you may have even tried it with a 55 gallon drum, but have you tried an entire tanker truck? In the December CoolStuff Newsletter...

If you are looking for something that occurs in nature and is tied to the physics classroom, look no further than vortex rings. These Vortex Rings are more common and widespread in nature than most people had probably thought; in fact they are studied in great detail by aeronautical engineers and combustion scientists. But we just think they are cool!

Watch this cool video and it almost seems like this balloon’s actions are counter-intuitive to everything we know about motion and inertia. Let Professor Joel Bryan from Ball State University explain what is really going on.