Computer Animation - Maid of the Loch Steam Engine Learningscience.org. Science Online. 3M Science of Everyday Life - Discovery Education. 3-6 Student Interactives - Science. Simple Machines.
Mechanism and Their Applications. GeoGebraTube. Welcome to Amusement Park Physics. Foam Walkalong Glider Preview Resultant of forces (addition of vectors) Stunning Flow Visualizatoin Lab Physics Project "Bernoulli's Principle" Hi-Def Fluid Pressure and Flow - Pressure, Water, Atmosphere. Victorian Flea Circuses: A Lost Art Form. "QUANTUM SHOT" #549Link - by A. Abrams If you can make a flea cooperate with you, you're probably good at politics I have to say, this is probably the strangest subject we ever talked about on Dark Roasted Blend. However, it is such a rich showcase of miniature art and craftmanship, and the "wow" factor is there as well: A flea, with legs finer than a human hair, can pull up to 700 times its own weight!
A flea can lift up to 60 times its own weight! A flea can jump over 150 times its own height! (art credit: Leah Palmer Preiss) "Big fleas have little fleas... Andy Clark sends us his latest project - he's been researching this topic for about four years now and regularly publishes new discoveries along with other flea news on the Flea Circus Research Library blog. "The idea to make a Victorian Flea Chariot came to me when I wondered if it's possible to use simple techniques available in the 1800s to make one today.
Making the chariot can be seen here, with video of a final product. ...