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Forces and Motion O Wow Moments

O Wow Moments are a series of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) videos created by the Children's Museum of Houston (and starring yours truly) that include fascinating facts and simple experiments you can try at home! This particular board contains activities focused around velocity, acceleration, forces, gravity, laws of motion, etc. Great for elementary and middle school kids. Check out the full list and more descriptions on the blog - www.cmhoustonblog.org.
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Force And Motion
Childrens Museum
Piece Of Paper
Middle School
Fun Facts
Force
Motion
Make It
In This Moment
Gyro Flyer
Check out our homemade version of a flying cylinder - flies far and only takes a piece of paper and some tape!
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Chemistry Engineering
Stem Learning Activities
Engineering Physics
Stem Resources
Energy Transformations
Torsion Spring
The Mechanisms
Wind Up Toys
Maker Ideas
Spool Car Racer
In this O Wow Moment, we take a look at how wind-up toys work...by taking them apart! Then, we use the same physics principles of transformation of energy to create a wind-up toy of our own - the Spool Car Racer!
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Physical Science Lessons
Forces And Motion
Space Lessons
Newton's Laws
Laws Of Motion
Newtons Laws
First Grade Science
8th Grade Science
4th Grade Science
O Wow Moment: Coin Stack Challenge
Inertia allows us to do all kinds of fun things - like this little challenge. Can you get the card out from the middle of a stack of coins?
Tired of having to crush your aluminum cans the old fashioned way? Well, why not let the 14.7 pounds per square inch of air pressure do the work for you! Check out this cool physics demonstration... Science Force And Motion, Can Crushers, Earth's Atmosphere, Crush A, Fluid Dynamics, Earth Atmosphere, Aluminum Cans
Science Force And Motion
Can Crushers
Earth's Atmosphere
Crush A
Fluid Dynamics
Earth Atmosphere
Aluminum Cans
O Wow Moment: Can Crushers
Tired of having to crush your aluminum cans the old fashioned way? Well, why not let the 14.7 pounds per square inch of air pressure do the work for you! Check out this cool physics demonstration...
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Kids Museum
Fabulous Friday
Center Of Gravity
Educational Games
Gravity
O Wow Moment: Balancing Sticks
I prefer the term "center of mass" over "center of gravity." Learn why in this video as well as how to make a cool toy that seems to defy gravity, but really just has a unique center of mass.
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Biology Classroom
Library Science
Programming For Kids
Anatomy And Physiology
Kids Corner
Fitness Workout For Women
Teaching Elementary
O Wow Moment: (Almost) Impossible Acts of Balance
Do you think you are pretty well-balanced person? Then try out these impossible acts of balance. Trust me, you'll never find standing on your tiptoes quite as difficult as when your toes are up against a wall. Of course, the final challenge is actually doable - if you are a woman. Sorry, guys!
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Gravity Experiments
Strega Nona
Camping Gift Ideas
Rock Science
Sight Word Readers
The Leaning Tower Of Pisa
Future Science
Science Kids
O Wow Moment: The Gravity of the Situation
In this episode, we take the time to recreate Galileo's classic gravity experiment, although instead of stones I'm dropping water balloons and instead of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, I'm tossing them off the Children's Museum of Houston's Tot*Spot Balcony. Yeah, it was a lot of fun...I mean, scientific! Very scientific!