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This site explores every angle of this popular sport, from the physics of tricks like the ollie and the crooked grind, to detailed descriptions of how skateboarding equipment has changed over the years.
HTML Document: 6 kb
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Postsecondary
This activity illustrates how to use a microwave oven to puff up an ordinary marshmallow until it's enormous.
HTML Document: 18 kb
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This graphic-rich Web site explains the physics of cycling, touching on angular and linear momentum, friction, rolling resistance, aerodynamics, materials science, gearing, and the gyroscopic action that...
HTML Document: 5 kb
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Postsecondary
Chaotic Pendulum contains a deceptively simple set of pendulums in a steel and Plexiglas case. A central, T-shaped bar supports three bearing-mounted bars from its ends. The "T" is itself bearing mounted...
HTML Document: 4 kb
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This is a 15-second movie of the Chaotic Pendulum exhibit, which is a set of connected pendulums. Each pendulum influences the motions of the others, making the overall motion chaotic and unpredictable.
QuickTime Movie: 566 kb
9-12
Postsecondary
This activity shows how to discover the amount of fat in ground beef by measuring the fat removed by cooking.
HTML Document: 18 kb
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This activity provides instructions for building a sophisticated paper airplane.
HTML Document: 13 kb
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This article explains how the proteins in eggs behave when you heat them, beat them, or mix them with other ingredients. It describes the hydrophilic, or water loving, nature of some amino acids that...
HTML Document: 14 kb
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This article and activity use a student's body to give a complete overview of energy transformation and energy conservation in language middle school and high school students can enjoy and comprehend.
HTML Document: 21 kb
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Make your own simple speaker so you can listen to your favorite radio station. Just wind a coil, attach it to a cup, hold a magnet nearby, and listen. This activity explores electromagnetism and teaches...
PDF File: 77 kb
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