Probability is such an innate part of your life that you rarely think about it. However, every time you use a word like “might,” “may,” “undoubtedly,” “without fail,” or “maybe,” you are voicing a pro ...
This project explores ways to measure the heights of objects located out of reach. Project Goals: To illustrate the different ways in which extreme height can be measured. To develop new and improved ...
What? Where? If you can tell when someone’s sneaking up on you, your ears might have a good sound localization ability, meaning they're great at judging sound direction. How well do people sense the d ...
Determine whether it is possible for different measurements of the same objects can have different valuesIntroductionIt is an educational content by education.com.By clicking on the title of this reso ...
The final shot in the pool game is yours, but the cue and the eight ball aren’t nicely lined up with any of the pockets. Looking around, the closest pocket is 45 degrees off the line between the two b ...
Sometimes, physics can be used to create beautiful art. Kinetic art is art that relies on motion to achieve a specific effect. Often that motion is just an application of simple laws of physics. Waves ...
Iterated algorithms are very important for mathematics today. By repeating equations, scientists are finding brand new things out about the natural world (populations, epidemics, etc.). Iterated algor ...
Do you remember the story of the tortoise and the hare? The tortoise and the hare decided to have a race. Everybody, most of all the hare, thought the hare would win the race because he hopped much fa ...
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 ...