Super stunt science
This video from last week shows stuntman Gary Connery falling 2400 feet without a parachute and surviving to tell the tale. This would be a great story in a lesson on forces with any age student. The students could: Name the forces acting on him as he fell. Calculate his average speed by using time […]
Super speedy car
Last weekend I visited The Gadget Show Live at the NEC in Birmingham in the hope to see some applications of science in the future tech on show there. One thing that caught my eye was the Bloodhound SSC. This car is Britain’s latest attempt on the World Land Speed Record and it hopes to […]