WHAT ARE MATERIALS’ PROPERTIES? HOW STRONG IS A SPIDERWEB? HOW ARE MATERIALS USED? SYNTHETICSFIND OUT MOREAny substance that is used to make something is a material. Natural materials such as stone…
WHAT ARE MATHEMATICAL MODELS? WHAT IS SCIENTIFIC NOTATION? FIND OUT MOREMathematics explores the properties (characteristics) of numbers, shapes, and space. Using math, scientists can describe…
WHERE DOES MATTER COME FROM? WHAT ARE STATES OF MATTER? WHAT ARE FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLES? MASSFIND OUT MOREDust, living things, oceans, mountains, and planets—everything you can touch is made from…
WHAT IS A MEASUREMENT SCALE? WHO MADE THE FIRST MEASUREMENTS? HOW ARE MEASUREMENT UNITS FIXED? FIND OUT MOREHow big is an ant? How high is a mountain? An observation of a property (characteristic)…
WHAT DO MICROCHIPS DO? HOW ARE MICROCHIPS MADE? WHAT IS BINARY CODE? LOGIC GATESFIND OUT MOREA microchip is an electronic device built as a single unit from many miniature components—mainly…
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MIXTURE AND A COMPOUND? DO SOLIDS, LIQUIDS, AND GASES MIX? WHY IS IT EASIER TO MIX THAN TO SEPARATE? SOLUTIONDIFFUSIONFIND OUT MOREA mixture is a jumble of…
WHAT IS ACCELERATION? HOW IS SPEED MEASURED? FRICTIONFIND OUT MOREFrom molecules in this sheet of paper, to planets in orbits, the objects around us are in constant motion. The simplest motion is…
WHAT IS A NANOMACHINE? WHAT IS SELF-ASSEMBLY? ARE THERE ANY DANGERS ASSOCIATED WITH NANOTECHNOLOGY? CARBON COMPUTERFIND OUT MOREA nanometer is one billionth of a meter. This is about a million…
WHAT IS THE TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEM? FIND OUT MOREA network is formed when people, places, or things are linked together. A rail network links towns and cities. A computer network links…
HOW ARE NEW MATERIALS MADE? WHAT PROPERTIES SHOULD NEW MATERIALS HAVE? WHY IS CARBON FIBER SO STRONG? SMART MATERIALSFIND OUT MOREMaterials scientists combine atoms in new ways to produce new…
