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Skateboard Design
Skateboard Design

Is it just a glorified plank with roller skate wheels on it? Or is it a highly engineered device through which kids have reclaimed the urban landscape, bringing creativity and style back to the sterile asphalt spaces of sprawl?

Science activity that demonstrates resonance of sound waves
Organ Pipe
Get Bach to the fundamentals.
Science activity demonstrating the Bernoulli principle
Bernoulli Levitator
Suspend an object in the air by blowing down on it.
Science activity that demonstrates the critical angle phenomenon
Critical Angle
Discover why your favorite cat videos don't leak out of optical fibers.
The Domino Effect
The Domino Effect (pdf)

Use dominoes to model a nerve cell's transmission of a signal

Science activity that demonstrates human visual perception of images on a smartphone
Pixels, Pictures, Phones
Take a (super) close look at your smartphone. You may be surprised by what you see.
Science activity using a balancing ball to demonstrate the Bernoulli principle
Balancing Ball
Suspend a ball in a stream of air.
The Dirt on Dirt
The Dirt on Dirt

Get down and dirty with the surprising science of soil.

Giant Sieve Sorter
Boundaries are the gift that keeps on sifting.
Science activity that investigates waves
Slinky in Hand
Make waves without getting wet.
Science activity demonstrating the blind spot phenomenon
Blind Spot
To see or not to see.
Science activity that demonstrates magnetic field coupling
Modulated Coil
Hear the magnet!

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