CoolStuff Blogs

Our blogs are created with educators from around the country, and offer a fun and engaging way to discover new ideas and inspiration for your classroom.

Table-top Geomorphology with the Stream Table
Table-top Geomorphology with the Stream Table
Oxbows, and Cut Banks, and Deltas, oh my! Read more about what you can demo with our stream table kit in this instructional blog.
Teaching Ideas for a Gravity Well
Teaching Ideas for a Gravity Well
Gravity wells engage students of all ages, bringing orbital motion, gravity, and solar system concepts to life. Read on how Dan Burns uses it.
Integrate Earth Science into your Physics Classroom
Integrate Earth Science into your Physics Classroom
The Earth Scientist (TES) is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal of the National Earth Science Teachers Association (NESTA). This edition has a special focus on how to blend earth science into...
A Better Gyroscope Wheel
A Better Gyroscope Wheel
In this CoolStuff post, James Lincoln, a high school physics teacher, uses a modernized Gyroscope Wheel to illustrate the concepts of precession and rotational inertia.
Putting Scale in Perspective
Putting Scale in Perspective
Joe Spaccavento shares an interesting presentation that incites awe for the scale of the world.