Galileo’s free fall experiment – which will hit the floor first?

Leaning Tower of Pisa

You probably already know about the mystical force that exists on Earth called gravity. It pulls everything down toward the ground. It’s pretty amazing, because without gravity we would all be floating around in space. But have you ever wondered if this force pulls heavy objects down faster than light objects? The answer may surprise…

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Create a solar powered oven using a pizza box.

Solar powered pizza box oven made from aluminum foil

We can’t provide cooking lessons but we sure know how to make a cool little oven – out of a pizza box! And while we’re at it we’ll learn how thermal collectors are able to collect sunlight and convert solar radiation into heat.

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Shiver me timbers, blow me down – The Coanda Effect experiment.

Russian Air Force Antonov An-72S

Believe it or not, scientists are still arguing precisely about what scientific principle should be used to explain why an airplane can fly. One explanation, the Bernoulli Effect, is commonly used to describe the phenomenon of flight. In this experiment, we demonstrate the second explanation – the Coanda Effect.

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