| Some group pictures. | |||||||||
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The line up. We all stood behind Aimee and made faces while she introduced us and told us we had to be serious. (She can't be serious.) |
Group shot at the end of the show. | ||||||||
| Hover Craft | |||||||||
The hover craft was a popular demo. We offered rides to kids after the show. They lined up for it. | |||||||||
| Bouncing Balls | |||||||||
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Kevin studies projectile motion. Follow the bouncing balls. | |||||||||
| Bed of Nails | |||||||||
Jim takes break from the show and rests on a bed of nails. | |||||||||
| Large Lever | |||||||||
The kids had fun lifting their parents on this large lever. | |||||||||
| Pen on ring drops into bottle | |||||||||
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Kevin Campbell says the physicists tell him the pen should fall in the jar when he removes the ring. Are they right? | |||||||||
| Rocket Cart | |||||||||
Andy prepares for take-off in the rocket cart. | |||||||||
| Pressure | |||||||||
Ken with a helper from the audience uses pressure and a garbage bag to lift a person. | |||||||||
| Liquid Nitrogen | |||||||||
Ken freezes air with ligquid nitrogen. | |||||||||
| Bernoulli Egg | |||||||||
Shawn Wellman demonstrates Bernoulli's principle using a plastic egg. |
Andy and Christine have toilet paper flying eveywhere. | ||||||||
| Table Cloth Trick | |||||||||
The patient waiter (Andy Crawford) has to deal with an annoying patron (Christine Marshall). She complains about everything till he removes the tablecloth - the physicist's way. | |||||||||
| Inertia | |||||||||
Andy Cleveland tries to move a tall stack of cans around the room. He has problems with Newton's 3rd law. | |||||||||
| Center-of-Mass | |||||||||
John designs an odd looking structure that seems out of balance. Click here for Plans for this Center-of-Mass Stand | |||||||||