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.

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.
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.