Science · Level 1

1.1 Scientific Thinking

Open your eyes to the world around you by solving puzzles with science.

Nature is a Puzzle

Science Rules

Practice Science Rules

Structures

Practice Structures

Gears

Practice Gears

Balance

Practice Balance

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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