Motion parallax” is easily demonstrable by closing one eye, staring at a pencil, and then opening the closed eye and closing the other. The pencil appears to move because the eyes have different locat ...
Sunspots are disturbed areas of the sun that look like spots because they are cooler than the surface of the sun. They have been observed and recorded since the 18th Century. This large collection of ...
In mathematics, the Fibonacci numbers form a sequence. You start with 0 and 1, and produce the subsequent numbers in the Fibonacci sequence by adding the two previous numbers. Fibonacci sequences have ...
A common misconception is that explorers like Columbus sailed to sea to prove that the earth is not flat. It has been known for thousands of years that not only is the earth NOT flat, but its circumfe ...
Probability expresses the likelihood or odds of something to happen. If the weather forecasts 20% chances of rain odds are that it will not rain. Another example of probability are raffles. You put yo ...
Throwing a ball to a friend or shooting a cannon are both examples of projectile motion. Gravity is a force that acts upon objects, drawing them towards the center of the Earth at 9.81 m/s2. Horizonta ...
Every day, the Sun rises in the east, rides across the sky, and sets in the west. Once upon a time, people thought gods like Apollo carried the Sun on a chariot. But as it turns out, the Sun doesn’t m ...
Benford's Law, also called the first-digit law, describes how in lists of numbers from many everyday sources of data, the leading digit is distributed in a specific, predictable way. This experiment w ...
This project explores the properties and uses of “magic squares.”It is an educational content by education.com.By clicking on the title of this resource, you will be redirected to the content. If you ...
Determine the mathematical patterns in JS Bach’s two movement preludes and fugues.It is an educational content by education.com.By clicking on the title of this resource, you will be redirected to the ...