Monthly Archives for July 2012
Perfect 10
The high score of a gymnastic routine used to be 10 but the rules have changed. Watch the video below to see Nadia Comanici perform the first ever perfect Olympic routine in the 1976 Olympics. But the scoring has changed dramatically. … Continue reading
Lighting the Torch – Summer Olympics 2012
How is she doing that? Describe what you see. Our animation is simpler than trying to demonstrate the reflections of a parabolic mirror. Let your students study the sunlight reflections and hypothesize why the focus of the … Continue reading
Particle News
After almost 50 years of looking for the subatomic particle that could validate our standard model of physics, two teams working at the Large Hedron Collider (LHC) have both concluded the existance of the particle. Familiarize your students with the … Continue reading
Hot summer, cold winter
With another extremely hot summer, we wanted to share our hot-summer-cold-winter activity from last summer. Enjoy and stay cool! In the United States the summer of 2011 was one of the hottest summers on record. The winters of 2010 and … Continue reading
