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Disappearing Art (Arte Que Desaparece)

Disappearing Art Make art that disappears! This is an awesome STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics) activity that blends creativity with physics! Water has a higher index of refraction than air. That means when light passes from air into water, it slows down and bends, a phenomenon known as refraction. This bending of light [...]

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Peppers Ghost (El Fantasma de Pepper)

Pepper’s Ghost Create a Hologram-Like Illusion Using Light and Geometry Pepper’s Ghost is an optical illusion that uses the principles of geometric optics to create a 3D visual effect. While it may look like a hologram, the underlying physics is quite different—and much simpler to explore at home! What You’ll Need: Clear plastic Scissors Tape [...]

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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 [...]

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Get Your Science On: Hole In Your Head

Check out Destiny’s unique take on a wormhole infinity mirror. This one uses a welding helmet to make a hole in your head! 2 semi-transparent mirrors (all called one-way or see-through mirrors) 1 welding helmet 1 string of battery-powered fairy lights or holiday lights tape, scissors, and glue

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Get Your Science On: Passing on the Right

Check out this awesome experiment made from toy cars and a track. No matter where a car starts on this track, it always takes the same amount of time to reach the end!

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Get Your Science On: Nifty Nitinol

Check out this nifty experiment: nitinol is a nickel-titanium metal alloy with a remarkable property: shape memory! You can bend a nitinol wire with ease, but when it’s warmed with a hair dryer it regains its original shape!

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Get Your Science On: Cam Crusher

Check out this awesome little experiment to crush our beloved mascot, Cam The Ram (or your plush toy of choice). Don’t worry, Cam was fine and bounces right back!

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Get Your Science On: Animal Ears

How does the shape of your ears affect how you hear? Brenna and Brian explore Animal Ears: ears shaped like those of a brown long-eared bat and an aye-aye lemur. Hear the world in a brand new way with this simple experiment!

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Get Your Science On: Cloud Shapes

This week, Brian and Elizabeth show us how to use a humidifier, inner tube, and a light to make little fog doughnuts.

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Get Your Science On: Straw Crossed

This week Lena and Brian explore lenticular plastic — which contains many tiny cylindrical lenses — to play some cool tricks with light. This special plastic defocuses light along one axis, and is the basis of the LSOP experiment “Straw Crossed”.

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