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In a spin: use a rotating platform to explore how gravitational acceleration affects a simple pendulum.
Ages: 16-19;
Set the wheels in motion: maximize your creativity by using old bicycle parts to create art installations and demonstrate energy conversions.
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;
Roll up, roll up! We bring you some more fantastic feats to challenge and entertain – and to showcase some physics, too.
Ages: 11-14, 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;
Use one of the most surprising experiments in classical mechanics to teach the scientific method, video analysis and mechanics.
Ages: 16-19;
Measuring the temperature inside a fusion reactor is no easy task. Find out how it’s done – and even simulate it in the classroom.
Ages: 16-19;
Roller coasters, carousels and other amusement park rides can be great fun – and can even be used as a science lesson, as Giovanni Pezzi explains.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
| Issue 60
The centrifugal force awakens
Topics: Engineering, General science, Mathematics, Physics
| Issue 60
From cycling to upcycling: learn about energy conversions by building creative installations from old bicycles
Topics: Engineering, General science, Mathematics, Physics, Science and society, STEAM
| Issue 51
Landing on the Moon – planning and designing a lunar lander
Topics: Physics, Engineering, Mathematics, Astronomy / space
| Issue 43
Further fantastic feats: falling and bouncing
Topics: Physics, Engineering
| Issue 39
When things don’t fall: the counter-intuitive physics of balanced forces
Topics: Physics
| Issue 37
Can something accelerate upwards while falling down?
Topics: Physics, Teach
| Issue 26
A thermometer that goes to 200 million degrees
Topics: Physics, Chemistry
| Issue 20
Going wild: teaching physics on a roller coaster
Topics: Physics
