Physics and beyond
Each learning module has 60 – 90 minutes’ worth of content, and it includes PowerPoint Presentations, Corresponding Lesson Plans, Teacher Handouts, Evaluation Assessments
Aerospace Engineering
Subject topics included: Aerospace engineering, Desirable properties of an aircraft, How do aeroplanes fly, Careers in aerospace engineering
Air and Motion (part 1)
Subject topics included: Law of aerodynamics, Speed and velocity, Forces, Wind, Acceleration
Air and Motion (part 2)
Subject topics included: Basic laws of motion, Parameters, Air molecules, Constant forces
Air and Motion (part 3)
Subject topics included: Motion, Lift, Air, Speed, Velocity, Acceleration, Deceleration
Air and Motion (part 4)
Subject topics included: What is motion?, How to relate motion with force and the central role of frames of reference, Newton’s Laws of Motion
Air and Water Resistance
Subject topics included: What is ‘fluid drag’, How air and water resistance are used both in nature and in engineering, every action has an equal or opposite reaction
Air Traffic Control
Subject topics included: Passenger and cargo airplanes, Special aero planes, Aeroplane and Helicopter
Aircraft Materials
Subject topics included: Desirable material properties, How can we classify materials, What materials are used in aircraft manufacture, Choosing the right material
Aircraft Structural Design
Subject topics included: Aircraft Structural Design, Metals vs. composites, Sandwich structures, Structural Components, Bending strength
Airports
Subject topics included: To transport people, To transport animals, To transport goods (food, clothes, electronics)
Airships
Subject topics included: Hot air balloon, Main components of a hot air balloon, Heating up the envelope, Inflight, Airships usage, Parachutes
All about the Planets
Subject topics included: The Sun, The planets and rocky asteroids, Learn the names, order and basic information about the planets, gas and ice giants, Dwarf planets
An Introduction to Air Transport
Subject topics included: Modes of transport, Passenger and cargo aero planes, Special aero planes, Aeroplane and helicopter
Asteroid, Comets and Meteors
Subject topics included: Asteroid belt, meteor impacts, Oumuamua
Atomic Physics
Subject topics included: ‘What do you know about atoms?’, A bit of history, Electrons, nucleus and... Vacuum!, From nuclear reactions to billiard
Atoms (Introduction)
Subject topics included: ’What do you know about Condensed Matter Physics?’, Condensed Matter Physics in daily life, The role of probability
Aurora and Space
Subject topics included: Origin of aurora, Solar Wind, Storms in space, Storm power, Satellites
Aviation Meteorology
Subject topics included: What is meteorology, Why is weather important?, Earth atmosphere, Water Cycle, Clouds, Snow, Wind, Thermometer, Barometer, Aviation
Biomechanic of Spiders Web
Subject topics included: Observe nature and wildlife, Biology of spider body, Process of making spider silk web, Apply knowledge of spider web in different context
Biometrics
Subject topics included: Biometrics, What is ‘Authentication’? Computer recognition, Cognitive biometrics, Hand geometry, Fingerprints
Condensed Matter of Physics (part 2)
Subject topics included: Atoms in solids, Unit cells, How we can see inside solids, Neutron scattering
Condensed Matters of Physics (part 1)
Subject topics included: Condensed matters of physics in daily life, The role of probability, What do you know about atoms?
Electrons and Protons
Subject topics included: Electrons, protons and how do they interact? Electrons in the atomic structure, Different colours, different energies for photons
Energy (part 1)
Subject topics included: What is Energy? How we use Energy? Where from Energy comes? Careers in Energy, Technologies for usage of renewable energy
Energy (Part 2)
Subject topics included: How would you define energy?, types of energy, sources of energy, Energy is not created nor destroyed, Conversation topics
Escaping Gravity
Subject topics included: Understanding gravitational force through the activity, condition for beating gravity, gravity vs height, class discussion, escaping velocity
Flight
Subject topics included: Main components, Forces of flight, Aeroplane motion, Cockpits
Flight Dynamics - Control Surfaces (part 1)
Subject topics included: Control surfaces and flight characteristics, Flaps, Elevators, Stabilizers, Making the aeroplane turn
Flight Dynamics - External Forces (part 2)
Subject topics included: How does an aircraft fly, What forces act on an aircraft, What defines flight dynamics
Force
Subject topics included: ’How would you define Force? A historic point of view, 1st principle, 2nd principle, 3rd principle, Conversation topics
Gravity
Subject topics included: What is gravity, What are mass and weight, What does gravitational force depend on, Effects of gravity, Centrifugal force
Introduction to Aerospace
Subject topics included: What is aerospace engineering? Desirable properties of an aircraft, How do aeroplanes fly, Careers in aerospace engineering
Introduction to Space Weather
Subject topics included: Turning on the aurora, Ground based observation, Computer simulation, Solar Wind
Life in extreme environments
Subject topics included: Water Bear, Hydrothermal vents, Blood Falls, Atacama Desert, Europa
Outer planets
Subject topics included: The Gas Giants and Ice Giants, The Great Red Spot, Saturn’s Rings, Uranus, Neptune, Miranda
Part of a Spaceship
Subject topics included: What is a space shuttle, Different parts of a space shuttle and its functions, Propulsion system
Planets outside of solar system
Subject topics included: How do we detect exoplanets, hot junipers, rogue planets, The Goldilocks Zone
Quantum Physics
Subject topics included: Fundamental particles, Atoms, Photons, Tunnelling, Superposition, Electrons
Rocky Planets
Subject topics included: Mercury, Venus, Rocky Planets, Earth, Moon, Mars
Solids, Liquids and Gases
Subject topics included: What is matter? Phases of matter? Guess the state, Atom, Distance
The Behaviour of Light
Subject topics included: What is light? Spinning wheels, Eyes and Vision, Optics
The Solar System
Subject topics included: Planets and rocky asteroids, Basic information about the planets, Inner rocky planets, Outer gas and ice giants, Dwarf planets
The Sun
Subject topics included: Guide to the planets and rocky asteroids of the solar system, planets, inner rocky planets, outer gas and ice giants, dwarf planets
Types of stars
Subject topics included: The Sun and other stars, Binary star systems, How stars are born, the largest stars, How stars die
Velocity
Subject topics included: How would you define velocity?’, Drawing arrows, Chronophotography, Your own chronophotography