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Teach

November 2, 2023 | Issue 65

Moving pictures: teach speed, acceleration, and scale with photograph sequences

Picture sequences provide engaging opportunities for students to explore the concepts of speed and acceleration using supplied digital images or their own smartphones.

Ages: 11-14, 16-19, 14-16;
Topics: Engineering, Mathematics, Physics

Teach

November 2, 2022 | Issue 60

The centrifugal force awakens

In a spin: use a rotating platform to explore how gravitational acceleration affects a simple pendulum.

Ages: 16-19;
Topics: Engineering, General science, Mathematics, Physics

Teach

January 15, 2021 | Issue 51

Landing on the Moon – planning and designing a lunar lander

Your mission: to land an intrepid egg-naut safely on the surface of the Moon and learn about classical mechanics along the way.

Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Physics, Engineering, Mathematics, Astronomy / space
           

Teach

March 13, 2017 | Issue 39

When things don’t fall: the counter-intuitive physics of balanced forces

Intrigue your students with some surprising experiments – it’s a great way to challenge their intuitions and explore the laws of mechanics.

Ages: 14-16;
Topics: Physics
   

Understand

December 10, 2008 | Issue 10

“Intelligence is of secondary importance in research”

Can you play world-class sport, and also be part of a team that tries to understand the nature of our Universe? Yes – just ask Tamara Davis. Henri Boffin from ESO talked to her in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Astronomy / space, General science