February 2016 – Little Shop of Physics

25th Annual Open House Preview

The Little Shop of Physics 25th Annual Open House will be on Saturday, February 26, 2016. This free event at the Colorado State University will be open to the public from 10am to 5pm. Prepare to be blown away!

EveryDay Science: Light and Color Part 12

Bees can see beyond the rainbow in the ultraviolet light. We explore the wonderful world of patterns on flowers that are made just for bees!

Get Your Science On: Flashy Photon Radio

This week Rachel shows us an awesome experiment to transmit sound using light.

EveryDay Science: Light and Color Part 11

What color is the sky? Brian and the crew debate the finer points of scattering, color addition and subtraction to explore this question.

EveryDay Science: Light and Color Part 10

Our intrepid scientists explore a world without red. It turns out bees don’t see red very well, and in this aspect “being a bee doesn’t sound very fun.”

Namibia Road Trip

The Little Shop of Physics, in partnership with B2Gold travelled to Namibia to conduct teacher workshops and science camps with kids.

EveryDay Science: Light and Color Part 9

Brian, Hailey and Finley remove colors form the rainbow one by one to see what’s left! Subtractive color mixing for the win.