Scientific Thinking
Open your eyes to the world around you by solving puzzles with science.
Connecting Gears
Gears Changing Speeds
Compound Gears
Compound Gear Chains
Balancing Weights
Moments
Adding Moments
Multiple Levels
A Mystery Weight
Multiple Unknowns
Simultaneous Solving
Playing Pool
Combination Shots
Predetermined Collisions
Chain Reactions
Momentum Transfer
Momentum Components
Chains of Prediction
Structure Components
Rigid Shapes
Extending Structures
Building Structures
Degrees of Freedom
Equivalent Structures
Analyzing Beams
Analyzing Joints
Analyzing Screws
Reflecting Light
Adjusting Mirrors
Light Bulbs
Images
Apparent Distance
Refraction
Triangular Prisms
Jammed Gears
Counting Rotations
Rates of Rotation
The Fastest Gear
Shifting Gears
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Circuits
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Course description
Explaining the world means thinking with scientific principles — but usually they're cloaked in technical manipulations. In this course we'll dispense with number-crunching and mathematics in search of something more useful: physical insight. There are no prerequisites for this course — in it you'll explore the laws of physics and principles of engineering and learn the rules as you play. There will be plenty of surprises along the way, but by the end you'll have gained the understanding and insight to look at the world in a different way.
Topics covered
- Balances
- Buoyancy
- Electric Circuits
- Forces
- Gears
- Heat Flow
- Kaleidoscopes
- Pulleys
- Quantum Superposition
- Scientific Thinking
Prerequisites and next steps
There are no prerequisites for this course. We'll bring the rules, you bring the imagination.