The goal of this project is to create a protective device to keep a raw egg from cracking during free fall.It is an educational content by education.com.By clicking on the title of this resource, you ...
Why does a rock sink in water while a gigantic steel aircraft carrier floats? The aircraft carrier is much heavier, but glides along the ocean surface with ease. Clearly, weight isn’t the entire story ...
Sorting and classification are important skills for a scientist (think Periodic Table of Elements & Taxonomic Hierarchy). This project encourages children to practice and refine these skills. It lends ...
This project explores the basic physics of bridges. The goal is that the student will develop an understanding through experimentation of which shapes are the most structurally strong, and that many f ...
A pulley is a mechanical device that can be used to lift heavily objects more easily. Pulleys consist of a wheel that rotates on an axle—which is a rod through the center of the wheel—and a rope, cabl ...
We use machines every day to make our work easier. The compound machines that we use are oftentimes made up of multiple simple machines such as pulleys, levers, and inclined planes. Each simple machin ...
This project explores new uses for an old lighthouse. The goals of this project are: To develop a modern interior lighthouse design. To further encourage lighthouse preservation and restoration.It is ...
Smartphone applications are so popular that Apple currently sells more than 300,000 apps from its online app store. An app can be an interactive game, a navigational device, a business software packag ...
Newton’s First Law of Motion states that when an object is set in motion, it will remain in motion until acted on by an outside force. Theoretically, this could mean you could travel at the same speed ...
The optical mouse replaced the old-school mechanical rollerball style mice that we can't seem to find anymore these days outside of antique stores and attics. Dust clogged up those rollerball-type mic ...