Demonstrating Rotational Inertia
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Reflection, Diffraction, Diffraction & Interference...That's COOL!
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Newton’s Laws Revisited
Calories From a Heat Pack
Featured Products Calories From a Heat Pack This article was written with the intention to focus on middle school science experiments, however, I would not be surprised if high school teachers of physics and chemistry also benefit from it. How...
Five Demonstrations for the First Day of Class!
Featured Products Five Demonstrations for the First Day of Class! On the first day of school, it is a good idea to show a demonstration that gets students thinking and sets the stage for what the class is going to...
Three Right Hand Rules of Electromagnetism
Featured Products Three Right Hand Rules of Electromagnetism Teaching electricity and magnetism is complicated by the challenge that the magnetic forces are perpendicular to the motion of the particles and currents. This requires a three-dimensional perspective which can introduce a...
The Physics of a Roller Coaster Loop
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Demonstration of The Photoelectric Effect!
Featured Products Demonstration of The Photoelectric Effect! In 1905 Albert Einstein had his miracle year, publishing 5 papers, including the Special Theory of Relativity, the Mathematical Description of Brownian Motion, and the E=mc2 formula. One of these papers was titled...
Powering Imagination and Creativity OneCar at a Time
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Cool Stuff Demos with Violet Lasers
If you are talking about optics in the classroom and students are learning about how light waves behave, take a look at the blue-violet laser, which produces wavelengths at 405 nm. Featured Products Cool Stuff Demos with Violet Lasers "I definitely...
Air Powered Projectile: An In-Depth Look
Featured Products Air Powered Projectile: An In-Depth Look One of the best ways to engage your students in the study of projectile motion is with direct experiment and observation. For this purpose I recommend the air-powered projectile. It safely and...
Sound and Waves Demonstrations
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