by STAO ADMIN | Nov 14, 2019
This resource aims to provide a brief background on the impacts of colonialism and how it has impacted Indigenous Peoples and their Ways of Knowing in the hopes of helping educators become aware of how best to move forward to improve education outcomes for all. Also,...
by STAO ADMIN | Nov 14, 2019
This demonstration shows the independence of the horizontal and vertical components of velocity. It can also be used to introduce frames of reference. The ballistic cart propels a steel ball out of the central pipe as it moves. This means that the ball projectile and...
by STAO ADMIN | Nov 14, 2019
Almost every child at one time or another has experienced the wonder, and later, a sense of loss, from a helium balloon. The emotional attachment most students have to helium balloons can be used to focus them on a variety of Physics concepts. Adjust the...
by STAO ADMIN | Nov 14, 2019
This very simple to perform demo can be made very memorable by ensuring the students see it as a discrepant event. Students are expecting to see a free fall but instead see a low terminal velocity with no obvious source of friction.
by STAO ADMIN | Nov 14, 2019
Most of us know from experience that the force of friction caused by air resistance increases as the relative speeds increases. The purpose of this activity is to develop a proportionality statement, and then an equation, that describes the relationship between air...
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