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Still standing: have you ever wondered how buildings stand? Or why they sometimes fall? Let’s explore this through bridges, from construction to collapse.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16;
In a spin: use a rotating platform to explore how gravitational acceleration affects a simple pendulum.
Ages: 16-19;
How can air hold the water in an upturned glass? Why does water stay in a bottle with a hole in its base? Find out with these entertaining experiments.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16;
Not just for remote teaching: virtual labs really came into their own during the COVID-19 pandemic, but they can generally be a useful addition to the STEM teacher’s toolbox.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
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;
Prepare for lift-off with these simple activities that demonstrate some of the key principles of space science.
Ages: <11, 11-14;
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;
Any book that has in its introduction “Physics is the action department of science... only physics can explain what happens if you throw [an apple] at a brick wall at 200 mph” has my attention.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Darren Hughes from the Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble, France takes a look at stress. How can it be manipulated to make safer rails for trains or more efficient wind turbines – and what can we learn from neutron- and X-ray analysis?
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
| Issue 64
Building bridges: how do structures stay upright?
Topics: Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, STEAM
| Issue 60
The centrifugal force awakens
Topics: Engineering, General science, Mathematics, Physics
| Issue 52
Fantastic feats: experimenting with water
Topics: Physics
| Issue 52
Virtual labs, real science
Topics: Chemistry, Physics, Resources
| Issue 51
Landing on the Moon – planning and designing a lunar lander
Topics: Physics, Engineering, Mathematics, Astronomy / space
| Issue 47
Rocket science made easy
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
| Issue 39
When things don’t fall: the counter-intuitive physics of balanced forces
Topics: Physics
| Issue 9
Can You Feel the Force? Putting the Fizz Back into Physics, By Richard Hammond
Topics: Resources
| Issue 5
Taking the stress out of engineering
Topics: Physics, Chemistry, Engineering
