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    Methods of Producing Electricity

    Methods of Producing Electricity

    In this learning activity you'll review the six different ways in which electricity is produced: chemical, friction, heat, light, magnetism, and pressure.

    Subjects:
    Physics
    Keywords:
    Electricity
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    Newton's Second Law of Motion - Video

    Newton's Second Law of Motion - Video

    In this learning activity you'll examine force, mass, and acceleration to understand this "Law of Acceleration."

    Subjects:
    Physics
    Keywords:
    Acceleration (Mechanics) Motion
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
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    Physics Concepts in Hydraulics

    Physics Concepts in Hydraulics

    In this animated activity, learners view the following physics concepts in action: force, friction, horsepower, work, power, inefficiency, resistance, inertia, and energy.

    Subjects:
    Physics
    Keywords:
    Hydraulics Motion
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    Others
     
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    Beauty, Truth And ... Physics?

    Beauty, Truth And ... Physics?

    Armed with a sense of humor and laypeople's terms, Nobel winner Murray Gell-Mann drops some knowledge on TEDsters about particle physics, asking questions like, Are elegant equations more likely to be right than inelegant ones?

    Subjects:
    Physics
    Keywords:
    Particles (Nuclear physics) Physical laws
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    Video
     
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    Physics Is Fun To Imagine

    Physics Is Fun To Imagine

    In this archival footage from BBC TV, celebrated physicist Richard Feynman explains what fire, magnets, rubber bands (and more) are like at the scale of the jiggling atoms they're made of. This accessible, enchanting conversation in physics reveals a teeming nano-world that's just plain fun to imagine.

    Subjects:
    Physics
    Keywords:
    Physics -- Popular works Atoms
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    Video
     
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    What It Takes to Do Extreme Astrophysics

    What It Takes to Do Extreme Astrophysics

    All over the planet, giant telescopes and detectors are looking (and listening) for clues to the workings of the universe. At the INK Conference, science writer Anil Ananthaswamy tours us around these amazing installations, taking us to some of the most remote and silent places on Earth.

    Subjects:
    Physics and Cosmology and Astronomy
    Keywords:
    Astrophysics -- Research Dark matter (Astronomy)
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    Video
     
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    The Discovery That Could Rewrite Physics

    The Discovery That Could Rewrite Physics

    On March 17, 2014, a group of physicists announced a thrilling discovery: the “smoking gun” data for the idea of an inflationary universe, a clue to the Big Bang. For non-physicists, what does it mean? TED asked Allan Adams to briefly explain the results, in this improvised talk illustrated by Randall Munroe of xkcd.

    Subjects:
    Physics and Cosmology and Astronomy
    Keywords:
    Inflationary universe Gravitational waves
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    Video
     
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    Football Physics: The "Impossible" Free Kick

    Football Physics: The "Impossible" Free Kick

    In 1997, Brazilian football player Roberto Carlos set up for a 35 meter free kick with no direct line to the goal. Carlos's shot sent the ball flying wide of the players, but just before going out of bounds it hooked to the left and soared into the net. How did he do it? Erez Garty describes the physics behind one of the most magnificent goals in the history of football.

    Subjects:
    Physics
    Keywords:
    Soccer -- Kicking Physics
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    Video
     
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    Have We Reached The End of Physics?

    Have We Reached The End of Physics?

    Why is there something rather than nothing? Why does so much interesting stuff exist in the universe? Particle physicist Harry Cliff works on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, and he has some potentially bad news for people who seek answers to these questions. Despite the best efforts of scientists (and the help of the biggest machine on the planet), we may never be able to explain all the weird features of nature. Is this the end of physics? Learn more in this fascinating talk about the latest research into the secret structure of the universe.

    Subjects:
    Physics
    Keywords:
    Particles (Nuclear physics) -- Research
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    Video
     
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    How We Explore Unanswered Questions in Physics

    How We Explore Unanswered Questions in Physics

    James Beacham looks for answers to the most important open questions of physics using the biggest science experiment ever mounted, CERN's Large Hadron Collider. In this fun and accessible talk about how science happens, Beacham takes us on a journey through extra-spatial dimensions in search of undiscovered fundamental particles (and an explanation for the mysteries of gravity) and details the drive to keep exploring.

    Subjects:
    Physics
    Keywords:
    Particles (Nuclear physics) -- Research Astrophysics Nuclear astrophysics
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    Video