Lesson 1: Circuits & Components
What IS electricity, anyway? You can't see it, but you can certainly detect its effects. Blenders, washing machines, vacuum cleaners, airplanes - all of these use electricity. While you don't need to understand electricity to turn on a light, you do need to cover the basics in order to make ...
Lesson 2: Robotics
If you've ever wondered how to build a real robot from junk, then you're in the right place. Let's start by taking a look at the highlights for understanding electricity, circuits, and components and how they all work together to form a working robot. You can get started by ...
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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, ...
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 1
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 2
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. Sound ...
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 ...
Unit 9: Light
Energy can take one of two forms: matter and light (called electromagnetic radiation). Light is energy in the form of either a particle or a wave that can travel through space and some kinds of matter. Low energy light (called radio waves) can have wavelengths longer than a football field, while ...
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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