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Floating Flame Balls
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Publisher: Science@NASA
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This NASA Science press release covers the discovery of tiny flame balls, a shape flames take in microgravity. The article discusses implications of the research for combustion here…
https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2002/21aug_flameba...
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HyperPhysics: Breaking the Sound Barrier with an Aircraft
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This Hyperphysics page contains photographs of the remarkable cloud that forms around an aircraft breaking the sound barrier. The site describes how pressure changes and the ideal…
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Sound/soubar.html
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Liquid Crystal IR Detector
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Publisher: Exploratorium
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This is a student activity on the detection of a warm object with a liquid crystal sheet. This activity also can be a simulation of the detection of infrared radiation. The "For…
https://www.exploratorium.edu/spectra_from_space/IR_activity/
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Physlet Physics - Thermodynamics
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W. Christian and M. Belloni
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The Physlet Physics Section 4: Thermodynamics provides a technology-enhanced introduction to topics in introductory thermal physics. Interactive javascript simulations are used to…
https://www.compadre.org/Physlets/thermodynamics/
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Candle Flame in Microgravity
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Investigating candle flames in microgravity can be done as either a demonstration or an activity. "Student reader" pages give background information about candle flames in…
https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/C...
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Bubble Suspension
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Try this activity from the Exploratorium-- you'll make the startling observation that soap bubbles can float! Dry ice is required, so gloves and adult supervision are a must. The…
https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/bubble-suspension
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Cold Metal
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Visit this Exploratorium site for an activity on how warm or cold objects seem to the touch. Students can touch pieces of wood, metal, and Styrofoam; then order them by estimated…
https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/cold-metal
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Ripples on Icicles
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Publisher: University of Toronto: Experimental Nonlinear Physics Group
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This website, from the University of Toronto, provides a discussion of the instability that gives rise to ripples on the surface of icicles. A description of this instability is…
http://web.archive.org/web/20120305200943/http://www.physics.utoronto.ca...
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Make-a-Flake
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Explore symmetry and snowflakes at this site by Barkley. On the screen, a piece of paper will be folded for you, and all you have to do is cut away whatever you like with the…
http://snowflakes.barkleyus.com/
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Vertical Structure of the Atmosphere
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This site provides an introduction to how the pressure and temperature of the atmosphere vary with altitude. A series of questions, drawings, and graphs help bring out the physics…
http://apollo.lsc.vsc.edu/classes/met130/notes/chapter1/vert_intro.html
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