Physics

In this hands on activity build a wheelbarrow from simple materials to explore just how useful simple machines can be!

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.

Students work collaboratively to design and build a device that uses simple machines to launch ping-pong balls.

Students will design and build a model apartment building and learn how buildings such as these can be a solution for suburban sprawl.

Students will work collaboratively to design and build a toy that is moved using forces applied by magnets.

This backgrounder explains the different ways that cells repair damage to DNA.

This resource explains electricity basics - volts, amps, currents, resistance, and why it is dangerous to touch electrical outlets with wet hands.

Pecking puts a lot of force on a woodpecker’s brain. But scientists think woodpecker bodies are adapted to help keep them from being injured during pecking-related collisions.

If you understand heat transfer, you can make lots of little changes at home to help the environment and your household’s bank account!

Sometimes, power plants make too much electricity. Energy storage technologies can help! They store the extra electricity and release it when demand goes up.