Physical Science

Seven Resources for Teaching & Learning About Electricity. Last night I came home and discovered that my furnace had died.

My house was about 45F so I got out my down-filled sleeping bag and my electric space heater. I can't plug in that space heater without thinking about two things; the increase in my electric bill and the possibility of starting an electrical fire. Then almost as if on cue this morning I saw a Tweet from Jen Deyenberg about Electrocity. Electrocity is an online game that students can play to learn about electricity production and consumption. In the game students take on the role of mayor of a fictitious town. Squishy Circuits is a project developed at the University of St. Hydro to Home is an interactive story of hydro-electric power from raindrops to homes. Engineering Interact is a site for elementary school students designed by the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. The Physics Classroom is a great resource for high school Physics teachers and high school Physics students. Fusionsciencetheater. Live Demo Hour - Battle of the Balls.

COSEE Ocean Climate Interactive. UnBoxed: online [ Current Issue ] Don Mackay, 12th Grade Science High Tech High International download pdf Our senior engineering students created jigsaw puzzles to introduce energy concepts to elementary age children.

Each puzzle picture depicted a source or application of energy and included an age appropriate explanation laminated beneath the puzzle. The students printed their pictures using a cyanotype process and photosensitive paper prepared in class by mixing iron salts that react to form a deep blue dye (Prussian blue) when exposed to sunlight. The developed pictures were decoupaged to hardboard and cut into puzzle pieces with a laser cutter. Teacher reflectionI was most surprised by how much more seriously the students took the project once they realized the final product would actually get used by 5th graders. Student Reflections:It was interesting to try and explain wind turbines to a fifth grader. What I found most interesting was the way that light transfers energy based on the frequency of the light.

UnBoxed: online [ Current Issue ] 5 Ways To Teach Physics Using Household Items. If you’re looking for some innovative ways to teach physics, then look no further than your own home.

There are plenty of physics lessons just waiting to be discovered. Thanks to Andrew Vanden Heuvel and Modern Lessons , you can now learn all about these physics phenomena in a free online course ! I’ve also embedded a bunch of the videos below in case you’re short on time but need to come back later to check out the full course. An important note: these videos were all filmed using Andrew’s Google Glass. That’s why they’re done in a first-person perspective.

The Physics Of The Kitchen Most trips to the kitchen begin with the refrigerator. The Physics Of The Living Room. eChalk Describing Motion. What Lies Beneath. Scientist J.

Bianca Jackson is an art sleuth. Using a technology found in airport security body scanners, she searches for lost artwork hidden beneath layers of paint and plaster. Her technique, called terahertz imaging, has enabled Jackson to unveil an old mural behind the white wall of a Latvian cathedral, as well as ritualistic decorations, obscured by clay, from the dwellings of a Neolithic settlement in Turkey. Most recently, she helped curators at the Louvre Museum in Paris investigate the complicated history of a Roman fresco, which had been restored—and likely forged—by a 19th-century Italian art collector. Over time, artwork can disappear or transform due to a number of causes, such as building renovations, natural disasters, or forgeries. A terahertz imaging device works by aiming terahertz waves, a type of electromagnetic radiation, at an object of interest and measuring the intensity of the radiation that bounces back as a function of time.