Physics

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

Students will learn about the properties of sound as they design, test and build a musical instrument.

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.

5 images of some different engineers and their work places such as engineers at a hydroelectric plant, in a forest and at NASA

5 images of some work that architects do such as designing buildings and making blueprints

Arm wrestling isn’t just a test of strength. It’s also a test of how well you understand torque.

The game of billiards shows the principles of collisions, momentum & impulse, and kinetics at work!

This backgrounder explains the effects of radiation on cells and DNA.