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Build a linear accelerator to demonstrate spallation – the source of high-energy neutrons used by the new European Spallation Source being built in Sweden.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
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;
In a spin: use a rotating platform to explore how gravitational acceleration affects a simple pendulum.
Ages: 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;
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;
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;
| Issue 67
Build a linear accelerator model
Topics: Engineering, Physics
| Issue 65
Moving pictures: teach speed, acceleration, and scale with photograph sequences
Topics: Engineering, Mathematics, Physics
| Issue 60
The centrifugal force awakens
Topics: Engineering, General science, Mathematics, Physics
| Issue 51
Landing on the Moon – planning and designing a lunar lander
Topics: Physics, Engineering, Mathematics, Astronomy / space
| Issue 39
When things don’t fall: the counter-intuitive physics of balanced forces
Topics: Physics
| Issue 10
“Intelligence is of secondary importance in research”
Topics: Astronomy / space, General science
