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States of Matter

November 11, 2011 By
The waterfall fills a pool and when the pool fills the water spills over the top, thus water takes up space.

What is Matter? Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space, such as water. The photo shows water first falling and filling and collecting at the bottom of the waterfall. When the collected water increases in volume, the water spills over a rock boundary. Water takes up space. Volume is the amount of [...]

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Bill Dance: Fishing Bloopers

October 30, 2011 By
The three laws of motion, inertia, force produces acceleration, and action-reaction pairs of forces are demonstrated by the bloopers in the video.

Identify the Motions that Represent Newton’s Laws of Motion The video below will make you laugh. It is a series bloopers made by Bill Dance a famous fisherman. It is definitely a video about motion and every one of Newton’s Three Laws of Motion are repeatedly represented. Kids can watch the video looking for examples [...]

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Using Inertia to Perform Science Magic

October 24, 2010 By
Stationary Inertia Demonstration

Inertia is used to perform science Magic.

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Using Inertia to Measure Mass

September 21, 2010 By
The child is applying an unbalanced force to the car resulting in moving the car.

What is Newton’s First Law of Motion?   Newton’s first law of motion is about inertia. While this might sound technical, it’s not. Inertia is a characteristic of an object’s state of motion. Well, this doesn’t sound very easy, so let me try again. Actually, I am writing this so that a special technical reviewer, [...]

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