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.

Big Standing Wave - Small Effort!
Big Standing Wave - Small Effort!
This CoolStuff post utilizes the Super Springy to conceptualize the relation between the time, frequency, and length of a wave.
Energy is Energy is Energy!
Energy is Energy is Energy!
Watch in this video as the Honda Corporation uses the idea of energy transfer and conversion to set-up the actual parts of their vehicle in a series of Rube Goldberg-like...
Build a Faraday Motor with Your Students!
Build a Faraday Motor with Your Students!
Now you and your students can build a working replica of Michael Faraday's original motor using just a few simple and inexpensive materials! We show you how in this post.
Boyle, Charles and Cans...Oh, How I love the pressure!
Boyle, Charles and Cans...Oh, How I love the pressure!
In this CoolStuff blog post, Bridgette Sparks of Saline High School in Michigan talks about the high-pressure environment she has created in her classroom! Well, at least with the subject...
Can a Helium Balloon Defy Physics?
Can a Helium Balloon Defy Physics?
What happens when you hang an air-filled balloon from the ceiling of the van and attach a helium-filled balloon to the floor of the van and turn the van left?...
Fresh Ideas for Your Relative Speed Discussions
Fresh Ideas for Your Relative Speed Discussions
Watch as Dr. Joel Bryan from Ball State University shows you how your students can explore relative velocity (speed) with our Constant Velocity Car (Carts).
Resonance Bowl: The Original Standing Wave Demo!
Resonance Bowl: The Original Standing Wave Demo!
The Resonance Bowl dates back to the Han Dynasty (202 BC - AD 9) making this an ancient, but still highly effective, way to discuss and demonstrate standing waves.
Duke students find a way to walk on water...Well, not quite.
Duke students find a way to walk on water...Well, not quite.
Enjoy this cool video of Duke students running and stomping on the non-Newtonian fluid "oobleck".
Captivate Your Students on Valentine's Day
Captivate Your Students on Valentine's Day
Take advantage of the sweetie-filled holiday to capture your students attention and teach some physics in the process.
The Perpetual Top
The Perpetual Top
Spin this top once, and it will run for…. well quite a while. But how does it work? Let us explain in this post.
High Voltage and High Drama: Right in Your Classroom!
High Voltage and High Drama: Right in Your Classroom!
Get excited to demonstrate the fundamentals of electricity while showcasing devices that most students have never seen in this CoolStuff post.
Pendulum Wave: Seems like magic, but it's physics!
Witness the Pendulum Waves' potential to provide students an opportunity to look deeply into the conceptual nature of transverse waves and strengthen their critical thinking skills.
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