MOLTEN METALICEBERGTEMPERATURETHERMOMETERFIND OUT MOREMetal heated in a furnace shows that it is hot by glowing red and sending out sparks – but there is also some heat in ice and snow. Heat is…
METEORITEORIGIN OF ELEMENTSBIOGRAPHY: JOHN DALTON English, 1766–1844NATURAL ELEMENTSSYNTHETIC ELEMENTSFIND OUT MOREThe enormous variety of matter around you is made from different combinations of…
FOOTBALL STADIUMNUCLEUSATOMIC NUMBERATOMIC MASSELECTRIC CHARGESBIOGRAPHY: NIELS BOHR Danish, 1885-1962FIND OUT MOREAn atom is the smallest part of an element that can exist on its own. Copper,…
FLOATING AIRSHIPFLOATING SHIPBIOGRAPHY: ARCHIMEDES Greek, 287-212 BCSINKINGFIND OUT MOREWhen an object such as a boat or an airship rests in a fluid (a liquid or gas), it has to displace (push…
NEWTONSTURNING FORCESCOMBINED FORCESFIND OUT MOREFrom the movements of the planets to the energy produced inside atoms, everything that happens in the Universe is ultimately caused by forces. A…
HYDROGEN IN STARSSPACE SHUTTLEHYDROGENATIONHYDROGEN-FUELLED CARBIOGRAPHY: ANTOINE LAVOISIER French, 1743-1794FIND OUT MOREYou cannot see, taste, or smell hydrogen, yet this element makes up over…
ACCURATE TIMEKEEPINGBIOGRAPHY: ALBERT EINSTEIN German, 1879–1955FIND OUT MOREEinstein realized that the speed of light is always the same. He then calculated that an object travelling near this…
HOLLYWOOD BOWLCONCERT HALLECHOESABSORPTIONFIND OUT MOREThe science of how sound behaves, especially when it travels through our everyday world, is called acoustics. Sound waves normally travel…
PHENAKISTOSCOPEMOVIE STORYBOARDSOUND STUDIOIMAX CINEMAMOVIE CAMERAAUGUSTE AND LOUIS LUMIEREDIGITAL EFFECTSFIND OUT MOREIn a cinema movie, many still photographs are projected onto a screen in…
HYDROFOILSUBMARINESFIND OUT MOREAlthough boats float, their weight makes them settle a little way into the water. This means they create some resistance or drag when they move through the water…
