1.1 Scientific Thinking
Open your eyes to the world around you by solving puzzles with science.
Connecting Gears
Practice Connecting Gears
Gears Changing Speeds
Practice Gears Changing Speeds
Gear Trains
Practice Gear Trains
Jammed Gears
Practice Jammed Gears
Balancing Weights
Practice Balancing Weights
Moments
Practice Moments
Adding Moments
Practice Adding Moments
Multiple Levels
Practice Multiple Levels
A Mystery Weight
Practice A Mystery Weight
Multiple Unknowns
Practice Multiple Unknowns
Simultaneous Solving
Practice Simultaneous Solving
Structure Components
Practice Structure Components
Rigid Shapes
Practice Rigid Shapes
Extending Structures
Practice Extending Structures
Analyzing Structures
Practice Analyzing Structures
Pulleys
Practice Pulleys
Snooker
Practice Snooker
Hot Matter
Heat Flow
Pressure
Flow in Pipes
Buoyancy
Reflection
Light Bending
Circuits
Quantum Light
Boats on the River
Ants Marching
Bouncy Balls
Relativity and Simultaneity
Time Travel
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.
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2.1 Physics of the Everyday
Investigate everyday physics, from household objects to weather patterns.
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