Physics Girl and Simone Giertz team up to challenge each other to answer science riddles as part of an extensive video series on physics. In a subset of three videos, both physics and electronics questions challenge viewers to apply past knowledge. 

Concepts

terminal velocity, acceleration, air resistance, transistors, water displacement, density, motors

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Discuss the riddles between each of the videos before learning the correct answer
• Challenge pupils to create their own physics riddles and remind them they must know the answer and the scientific reason for the answer

Classroom Considerations

• If there is an Amazon Alexa in the room, the third video will activate a timer

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Highlights female scientists
• Connects multiple branches of science as well as math
• Includes closed captioning in a variety of languages for ELLs

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2 RST.9-10.4 RST.11-12.4