Physics

Manufacturing and engineering airplane tires is important work! Learn how airplane tires keep the aircraft safe during takeoff and landing.

Gamma rays might make you think of cancer, harmful radiation or superheroes. But gamma rays have lots of uses: food safety, manufacturing and even medicine!

Try your hand at building a “super coaster” using materials around your home.

Explore the forces of gravity and buoyancy while designing a raft to hold the most weight possible.

You don’t have to pedal harder to go faster. You just have to understand a little bit about gravity, drag and friction!

Use a pop bottle and other everyday materials to create a rocket that you can launch outdoors.

Build a vortex cannon and discover how fluids (liquids and gases) can move in unique ways due to their physical properties.

Why do a baseball and a rocket need the same launch speed to get from Earth into space? It has to do with physics and gravitational force.

When a nuclear reactor is no longer in use, the radioactivity in its materials remains. That’s why it’s important to safely deal with the radioactive waste those plants leave behind.

The human eye lets us see the world by sending impulses to our nervous system. In many ways, it is very similar to other optical devices, including cameras.

Learn how people came to understand the source of cosmic radiation, as well as how this radiation impacts those who work in and travel on airplanes.

If an asteroid were to hit the Earth it could be disastrous. Here are some ways we could protect ourselves.

Students explore the cycle of day and night by sorting and classifying pictures, creating images and reading books.

Find out how asteroids, space debris, and cosmic radiation can be dangerous, and how to monitor them and protect ourselves from these space hazards.

Students will work collaboratively to design and build a marble run that meets specific criteria.