Supercharged Science

Lesson 1: Light Waves

We're going to take a deep look into the intergalactic traveler, the photon. Light travels in tiny packets of energy, called photons, which can travel through the vacuum of space as well as solid matter like glass (image here is a light house prism). Energy exists as either matter or ...

Lesson 2: Lasers

Lasers are super-cool gadgets that focus the light energy into a narrow beam you can tease cats and small kids with. Lasers first made their appearance in the 1960s, but had been thought about since the early 1900s by Einstein. We're going to learn how to split, shatter, ...

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Unit 1: Mechanics

In 1666 Newton did his early work on his Three Laws of Motion. To this day, those laws still hold true. There has been some allowances for really big things (like the cosmos) and for really small things (like the atom). Other than that, Newton’s Law’s are pretty much dead ...

Unit 2: Motion

We're going to study velocity, acceleration, and Newton's three laws of motion in this unit. You'll get to throw things, build g-force accelerometers, and much more as you uncover the basis of all physics in our crash-course in projectile motion. Here's what you need to do to so ...

Unit 3: Matter

Atoms are the building blocks of all matter. These odd little fellows make up tables, buildings, chihuahuas and even you. They are impossibly small and yet absolutely vital for all matter and all interaction between matter. They are extremely mysterious and constantly offer new puzzles for science to tackle. And ...

Unit 4: Energy

Energy is the mover and shaker of the universe. Heat from the Sun, sounds from your radio, riding a bike and watching a movie are all expressions of different forms of energy. As you sit there reading this, there is energy flowing all around you in the form of light ...

Unit 5: Energy

In Unit 4, we began our journey to understanding energy. We discussed the fact that energy is the ability to do work. We defined work as moving an object over a distance against a force. We defined power as the amount of work done over time. We also, defined a ...

Unit 6: Sound

Sound is a form of energy. Energy is the ability to move something over a distance against a force, remember? What is moving to make sound energy? Molecules. Molecules are vibrating back and forth at fairly high rates of speed, creating waves. Energy moves from place to place by waves. ...

Unit 7: Astrophysics

Astrophysics combines our knowledge of light (radiation), chemical reactions, atoms, energy, and physical motion into one. The things we're going to study in this unit borders on sci-fi weird, but I assure you it's all the same stuff real scientists are studying. This unit is broken into two sections: easy-and-fun, ...

Unit 8: Chemistry

This unit on Chemistry is chocked full of demonstrations and experiments for two big reasons. First, they're fun. But more importantly, the reason we do experiments in chemistry is to hone your observational skills. Chemistry experiments really speak for themselves, much better than I can ever put into ...

Math

We’re going to break down the steps to really getting to know numbers and put it into a form that both you and your kids can use everyday, including shopping at grocery stores, baking in the kitchen, working on the car, and figuring out your taxes. It’s ...

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