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Flash Science: Chips in the Microwave

The electric fields inside of a microwave cause sparks, heat, and even shrinks a bag of chips!

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Get Your Science On: Jupiter Jar

John shows how to make a Jupiter Jar. This awesome experiment shows you how a fluid flows in a spinning globe. This is analogous to the motion of the atmosphere on Jupiter (or the Earth!)

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LSOP History: Mir Space Station Taco Bell Target

Check out this video from 2001. The Russian built Mir Space Station was coming crashing back to Earth. What are the chances it will hit a 40×40 foot target? Brian crunches the number!

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Get Your Science On: Magnetic Line Dancing

Kayla shows us an awesome experiment to show changing magnetic field lines!

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Flash Science: Soap in the Microwave

A bar of soap in the microwave grows to tremendous proportions.

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LSOP History: 1995-96 Tour Throwback

Check out this awesome musical compilation video from our 1995-96 tour, “It’s Not Weird… It’s Physics!”

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Get Your Science On: Big Ears

This week Katie shows us how to build Big Ears. This experiment makes it so you can hear sounds very well, but only in the direction the headphones are pointing.

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Flash Science: Lightly Microwaved

You can light a bulb in the microwave (for a little while) and the electric fields in the oven will cause it to light!

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LSOP History: Open House from CTV News (circa 1999)

Check out this historic video from the archive. The 9th Annual Little Shop of Physics Open House. Way back when less than 3,000 people came out, and everything fit into the North Ballroom at the Lory Student Center!

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Wind River Road Trip

During the week of October 5, 2015, the Little Shop of Physics (LSOP) visited two schools on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming.

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