Did you see something at the Physics Fair that made you curious? Looking for a follow up explanation about how one of the demonstrations works? Are you a Physics and Astronomy enthusiast who just can’t get enough? This page is for you!
Here we’ve compiled a list of websites suggested by the Physics Fair organizers and participants to sate your need for more science-y goodness. We’ll be adding more content here over time, so check back again!
Astronomy Images and Observing
- Astronomy Picture of the Day
- HubbleSite: Images
- Maryland Space Grant Observatory Open Houses
- James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Quick Facts
- JWST videos
- Planetarium Follow-up: The WorldWide Telescope
- What’s in The Sky Tonight?
- Illustris: images, videos, and other data visualizations
Education Resources
- NASA Space Place (science for kids)
- Building a Spectroscope using a CD:
- Observing the Sun – including information on safely observing Solar Eclipses!
- SDSS Voyages – a new resource for teachers, students, and all explorers of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey database
- Astrobites – a digest of current astrophysical research for undergraduates and advanced high school students
- Physics and Astronomy Graduate Student Outreach
- Secret Worlds: The Universe Within (zooming by powers of ten)
In-Depth Information by Topic/Location
Atmosphere and Ocean in a Box
- Weather in a Tank (MIT)
- Dye Stirring (MIT)
- Eddies (MIT)
- Laboratory Demonstrations of Planetary-Style Fluid Dynamics (Youtube)
Electromagnetic Spectrum
- AmazingSpace — Electromagnetic Spectrum/Light and Color
- Learning from Light (by JHU Research Professor Bill Blair)
- Light and the Eye
The Radio Telescope on the Roof
Mechanics
- Projectiles
- Physics of a Crossbow
- MinutePhysics – Angular Momentum (Youtube)
- MinutePhysics – Rocket Science Tutorial (Youtube)
IDIES: The Institute for Data Intensive Engineering and Sciences
Galaxy Zoo! – Experience a privileged glimpse of the distant universe as observed by the SDSS, CTIO and VST.
Last But Not Least, Videos and Crazy Demos (Warning: Watch at your own risk!)
- A Bowling Ball and a Feather Falling in Vacuum (Youtube – very short!)
- A Hammer and a Feather Falling on the Moon (Youtube)
- How to Build the Simplest Electric Train (Youtube)
- Balloons in Liquid Nitrogen (Youtube – MIT)
- PBS Cloud Chamber (Youtube)
- Supersonic blast wave (Youtube)
- Sound + Fire: Ruben’s Tube (Youtube)
- Sound + Fire: Ruben’s Tube in Two Dimensions (iflscience)
- Arepo simulation of galaxy formation (Youtube)
- Levitating Barbecue! Electromagnetic Induction (Youtube)
- Physics Girl – Physics Videos for Every Atom and Eve
- Double Slit Interference (Youtube)
- Non-Newtonian Fluid Pool Party (Youtube)
- Fluidized Bed Cleaning System (Youtube)
- Boy Breaks Wine Glass With Voice (Youtube)
- Playing with Ferrofluid (Youtube)
- Numerical Simulation of Gravitational Wave Source (Youtube)
- JHU’s David Kaplan on What Happens if You Fall Into a Black Hole (Quanta Magazine – Youtube)