Shopcasts and Videos – Little Shop of Physics

LSOP in Action: Oglala Lakota College Workshop 2024

In July 2024, the LSOP of crew presented a teacher workshop at Oglala Lakota College on the Pine Ridge Reservation. LSOP staff and interns worked with approximately 15 teachers on hands-on actives related to electricity. LSOP has conducted programming for Oglala Lakota Nation students and teachers regularly since 2008. This trip and the rest of [...]

LSOP in Action: CSU Day of Giving 2024

Little Shop of Physics represented the College of Natural Sciences in the CSU Day of Giving on August 22, 2024! To celebrate, we made liquid nitrogen ice cream for CSU students on the Eddy Quad. This year, Little Shop of Physics received over $3000 of the $250k+ donated for CSU's Day of Giving. We would [...]

LSOP in Action: Tavelli Elementary School

Check out this video which highlights our awesome program at Tavelli Elementary School from April 2024!

Everything You Need to Know About Solar Eclipses

Here at Little Shop, we find solar eclipses to be very exciting! In celebration of the upcoming solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, we've put out this video! Segments The above video is 2 minutes and 50 seconds long; it's broken up into 4 segments below. Solar eclipses occur when the Moon passes between the [...]

LSOP in Action: Powwow 2023

The Little Shop of Physics has been part of the annual AISES (American Indian Science and Engineering Society) Powwow for a decade, and it’s one of the highlights of our year. We are honored to be asked to take part, and pleased to be able to provide an interactive science exploration component for the families [...]

LSOP in Action: Solar Eclipse at CSU Spur, 2023

On October 14, 2023, the Moon passed directly between the Sun and the Earth, an event known as a solar eclipse. The Little Shop of Physics spent the day at CSU Spur sharing this awesome natural phenomenon with the public!

Amplify Show Me Some Science: Up in the Air

Here on Earth where Amplify is located, gravity pulls objects down towards the ground. This month, we explore how to keep the objects up in the air. There are a couple of different physics-related phenomena going on here: Buoyancy When the black bag is placed in the sun, air expands and a buoyant force makes [...]

Show Me Some Science: Fog Ring Launchers

These fog ring launchers are drum-shaped with a circular hole on one end. Air is forced out through the hole and travels in a vortex, a spinning doughnut of air. It’s like a little tornado that has wrapped around in a circle. Air in a vortex travels a surprisingly long distance in a straight line. [...]

LSOP in Action: Care Housing 2023

Get Your Science On: Chladni Plate

In this video, Donnie and Cecilia talk about how to build a Chladni Plate. This is a simple device that lefts you visualize waves. A speaker gets a plate vibrating, and some spots on the plate (antinodes) vibrate a lot while other places (nodes) don't move at all. Sand or iron filings lets you see [...]