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Physics can be high-flying fun
WENATCHEE Physics can be fun, especially when it involves shooting water rockets into the sky. Dozens of fifth- through seventh-graders have found that out this summer in Dirk Hortons Rocket Power class at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center. Horton, a retired physics and math teacher, taught five weeklong sessions of the class during the museums Super Summer Adventure series of ...
Physics accelerates into sub-Saharan Africa
The first African School of Physics, in the sub-Saharan Africa, is set to open in South Africa in August 2010. The three-week class, equivalent to a one-semester course, "will help students link the concepts they've learned to the real world."
Canandaigua Academy physics teacher to participate in NASA experiment
Physics teacher Paul Sedita is heading to Houston for participation in a NASA experiment at the Johnson Space Center's Ellington Field.
The Physics of a Rolling Rubber Band
sciencehabit writes "Modern physics can get complicated. Sure, researchers know exactly what forces act on a ball rolling down an incline an experiment that helped Galileo develop universal laws for movement and acceleration. But what happens when a deformable shape like a rubber band rolls around? A new study reveals that the faster it goes, the more squashed it gets (video included)." Read ...
Physics lets rides take you to the limit, edge
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- You know that feeling -- your stomach is in your throat -- when you're on a roller coaster and the car takes that first big plunge? read more
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