Materials Needed: a piece of flannel which is clean and dry or paper towel, stream of water, flexible plastic ruler and a party balloon. In order for the stream of water to flow out, you need to open ...

The simplest questions are often the best. Robert P Crease tries to answer one from a physics student in Kenya Seeking perfection Tennis balls are a low-cost way to explore simple physics concepts, ...

Everyone needs some “go to” demos. Personally, I like this one. It’s not too difficult to build and it’s easy to use. Take a large block of wood (it needs to have a good mass). I used a left over ...

Through CU Boulder’s Physics through Evidence, Empowerment through Reasoning (PEER) Physics project, Professor Valerie Otero and her team are working with teachers to provide resources to support ...

We're about halfway through the academic term at Union College, where I'm teaching introductory Newtonian physics using the Matter and Interactions curriculum. We just hit one of my favorite topics ...

Do not try this at home without a supervision of an adult. Materials Needed: Aluminum can, some tap water, stovetop burner, one oven mitt and a bowl of cold water. The first step is to make sure you ...