Instructional Video4:59
National Science Foundation

Science of the Winter Olympic Games: Physics of Slope-Style Skiing

6th - 12th Standards
Many mechanical phenomena are explained by a physics professor using Nick Goepper, a Winter Olympics 2014 slope-style skier, as the model. Beginning with kinetic and potential energy, the professor goes on to explain angular momentum and...
Instructional Video2:02
Curated OER

STEMbite: Conservation of Angular Momentum

8th - 12th
Showcase a few classic demonstrations of angular momentum with this two-minute film. Using a gyroscope, a bicycle, and a tire removed from a bicycle, the narrator explains how angular momentum keeps an object up in a way that defies the...