Many years ago, I was lucky enough to work in “Launch Pad” in the science museum. There were lots of wonderful activities and the following blog posts are about the activities. Launch Pad has been replaced by the equally wonderful “Wonderlab” https://science-projects.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ch2.pdf https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/home https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/see-and-do/wonderlab-equinor-gallery The magnetic river https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI_HFnNTfyU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_QBl6-_jJU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yvfz51moMaQ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_motor When a piece of […]

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Many years ago, I was lucky enough to work in “Launch Pad” in the science museum. There were lots of wonderful activities and the following blog posts are about the activities. Launch Pad has been replaced by the equally wonderful “Wonderlab” https://science-projects.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ch2.pdf https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/home https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/see-and-do/wonderlab-equinor-gallery The fluidised bed The fluidised bed was just a large bowl […]

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Many years ago, I was lucky enough to work in “Launch Pad” in the science museum. There were lots of wonderful activities and the following blog posts are about the activities. Launch Pad has been replaced by the equally wonderful “Wonderlab” https://science-projects.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ch2.pdf https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/home https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/see-and-do/wonderlab-equinor-gallery The two-way mirror In this activity you turned the handle to […]

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Many years ago, I was lucky enough to work in “Launch Pad” in the science museum. There were lots of wonderful activities and the following blog posts are about the activities. Launch Pad has been replaced by the equally wonderful “Wonderlab” https://science-projects.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ch2.pdf https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/home https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/see-and-do/wonderlab-equinor-gallery Watchdog This was an exhibit that emitted a growling noise if […]

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Many years ago, I was lucky enough to work in “Launch Pad” in the science museum. There were lots of wonderful activities and the following blog posts are about the activities. Launch Pad has been replaced by the equally wonderful “Wonderlab” https://science-projects.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ch2.pdf https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/home https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/see-and-do/wonderlab-equinor-gallery The turntable Unfortunately, you need to find a roundabout or turntable […]

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Many years ago, I was lucky enough to work in “Launch Pad” in the science museum. There were lots of wonderful activities and the following blog posts are about the activities. Launch Pad has been replaced by the equally wonderful “Wonderlab” https://science-projects.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ch2.pdf https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/home https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/see-and-do/wonderlab-equinor-gallery Arch Bridge There are many different styles of bridge but the […]

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Samantha salutes Leonard Nimoy aboard the ISS. Credit: NASA Samantha Cristoforetti‘s voyage as an apprentice astronaut took her from Houston to Japan to the legendary Star City in Russia. In this talk, she discussed the two hundred days she spent on the International Space Station. She revealed the joys and challenges of being in an […]

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Emily Levesque is a professor in the University of Washington’s astronomy department. Her research program is focused on improving our overall understanding of how massive stars evolve and die. Her first popular science book, The Last Stargazers, shares the tales and experiences of astronomical observing and comes out on August 4th, 2020! She has also […]

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We know the universe had a beginning and physicists agree that one day it will end, but cosmologist Katie Mack is obsessed with how it will finish. Will our universe collapse in upon itself, rip itself apart, or even – in the next five minutes – succumb to an inescapable expanding bubble of doom? Drawing […]

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by Institute of Physics: Oxford Centre Welcome to the crazy world of fusion optics… About this Event IOP Oxford Public Lecture: Optics for Fusion by Dr Alexandru Boboc from the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) Recorded on 22nd July 2020 This event was hosted as a Public Lecture by the Department of Physics at the […]

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