Tksst: Physics Girl: The Stacked Ball Drop (And Supernovas)

Can you get a golf ball to bounce 28 feet high? The video demonstrates the impressive bounce of a stacked ball drop. After explaining the physics of the ball drop and bounce, the video relates it to supernovas. The science content comes...

What happens when fire is less affected by gravity? Observe the behavior of fire in a fantastic freefall experiment! A video from the an engaging physics playlist explains the relationship between a flame's shape, buoyancy force, and...

Momentum transfer is demonstrated by dropping a perfectly balanced stack of balls. How is the result like a supernova? [3:33]

Brian Cox visits NASA's Space Power Facility to demonstrate what happens when a bowling ball and a feather are dropped together under the conditions of space. [4:41]

Students explore the concept of motion. For this hands-on physics lesson, students examine how the construction of baseballs and the temperature they are stored at affect their bounce.

Ninth graders experiment with bouncing balls to investigate the elasticity coefficient of different sizes and types of balls. In this superball physics lesson, 9th graders bounce various types of balls from differing heights. They...

Students experiment with varied balls to determine the bounce factor in centimeters. In this physics lesson, students experiment to find the height a ball must be dropped from the have the highest bounce rate. Students graph the results...

When a ball is dropped into a pool it will not fall to the bottom as quickly as before it hit the water. Why? Understand the premise of Stokes' Law.

Whether or not Galileo actually dropped balls from the Leaning Tower of Pisa, this demonstration will solidly demonstrate that objects are accelerated at the same rate, regardless of mass. You will, however, need a vacuum pump and a few...

This worksheet would make a nifty quiz on the laws of thermodynamics. Nine multiple choice questions assess high schoolers' understanding of energy transfer, specific heat capacity, phase change, fusion, and vaporization. It is short but...