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Don’t be surprised if you see Batman flying through Todd Leif’s physics lab. Of course, it’s not really the Caped Crusader himself. Instead, Leif’s students regularly measure the forces created by a flying, rotating, superhero action figure. ...
At Australia’s Eltham High School, physics teacher Gary Bass doesn’t mind when his students interrupt him in the middle of a lesson. In fact, he insists on it. Especially when students are using their complement of Vernier products, including the...
If Ed Wyrembeck’s physics students were to engage in the thrillseeking venture of bridge swinging, they could do it without being concerned about the cable breaking. That’s because of an experiment the Howards Grove High School physics and calcul...
The purpose of this inquiry-based experiment is for students to design and interpret the results of an experiment in which colorimetry is used to determine the change in an enthalpy of a chemical process at constant pressure....
SpectroVis Plus is a portable and affordable visible light spectrophotometer with fluorescence capabilities. Measure wavelengths from 380 nm to 950 nm and analyze results in full color. Tech & Learning Award of Excellence 2011 Winner SpectroVis P...
Danielle Spaete (Pleasant Valley HS, IA) came up with a great new way to do egg-drop contests using our Force Plate. Students are given a 5-gallon bucket to be placed on a Force Plate. They then drop a basketball from a height of 1.5 meters into the...
Neurons communicate with each other and the rest of the body by releasing neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters are small chemicals that bind to receptors on other neurons, cells, or tissues of the body. It is very difficult to study neurotransmitter...
We recently attended the American Association for Engineering Education meeting in Louisville, KY. While there, we had a free afternoon, so we went to the Louisville Slugger Bat Museum. In the museum, they had an exhibit where they asked you to hol...
In the book What Einstein Told His Barber, by Robert L. Wolke, there is a section discussing champagne, soda, and pressure. He says, "If I said that shaking a bottle of champagne, beer, or pop raises the gas pressure inside, 99 out of 100 people, ev...