High School Physics Exam Prize Competition

 Go to this site for information on the various prize examinations for physics. 

https://research-groups.usask.ca/physics-high-school-outreach/competitions.php#USaskHighSchoolPhysicsCompetition

Travelling at the Speed of Light

The speed of light comes at a big cost
byu/Superflyin inScienceNcoolThings

Light Travelling at 1 Billion FPS (Frames per second)

 

1 Billion FPS Footage of Light Traveling Across a Room
byu/FuckMyHeart inDamnthatsinteresting

Interesting Article on Nuclear Batteries

Nuclear Diamond Batteries 

Einstein and the Twin Paradox

The Twin Paradox stands as one of the most captivating thought experiments illustrating time dilation's consequences. Asymmetric aging between twins, where one embarks on a high-speed journey and returns to find the other significantly older, ... 9/ pic.twitter.com/1uWjL2qTMC

— Erika  (@ExploreCosmos_) December 13, 2023

Size of Black Holes

I spent 4 months making a video about the crazy scale of Black Holes
byu/TTT_L inBeAmazed

Physics 30 - Physics Prize Examination Website

The Department of Physics puts on 2 exam competitions in the spring.  The winners of the competition will be awarded money to be used towards physics classes in university.  Here is the link to the website that has the announcement.

CAP High School Prize Examination
University of Saskatchewan Department of Physics High School Physics Prize Examination
If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.  If you would like to write, please come and talk to me. 

Galileo's Experiment!!

Bewitching and interesting af 😄

The world's largest vacuum chamber pic.twitter.com/GubHVOd0tD

— Eva Fo𝕏 🦊 Claudius Nero's Legion 𝕏 (@EvaFoxU) February 24, 2023

Carl Sagan describing the 4th Dimension

The fourth dimension. #HisVoice 😍 pic.twitter.com/YyvEWc8Faj

— Erika  (@ExploreCosmos_) December 17, 2023

Relativity in 30 Seconds

Theory of relativity in six sentences 😱#SpaceEntrepreneurs #Astronaut #alberteinstein #twitt #internationalspacce #ElonMusk pic.twitter.com/wSNNYscwFx

— Gopal Kumar (@Gopaljee001) November 17, 2022

Scales of selected Solar System bodies, with accurate rotation rates and axial tilts

Scales of selected Solar System bodies, with accurate rotation rates and axial tilts pic.twitter.com/OBr1PUacA0

— Dr James O'Donoghue (@physicsJ) November 29, 2023

Gravitational Acceleration on different bodies in our solar system

My animation showing gravity on different Solar System bodies, now in full HD! pic.twitter.com/1FqzEpu359

— Dr James O'Donoghue (@physicsJ) November 29, 2023

Time Dilation

Reference Frames

Gravitational Motion

Incredible!

A drop of water orbiting a knitting needle on the International Space Station!

(Credit: NASA Johnson) pic.twitter.com/0TngdeIlnW

— World and Science (@WorldAndScience) November 14, 2023

Uniform Circular Motion

Simple experiment to show that when the centripetal force action stops, the trajectory of a body in circolar motion follows the tangent to the circumference of the circle https://t.co/SMuu5V9wuq pic.twitter.com/kZ0GXx145M

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) September 16, 2018

What is wrong with this video?

Which law of Physics pic.twitter.com/jmDExJ4sb4

— Amazing Physics (@amazing_physics) August 19, 2021

Conservation of Momentum

This real slow-motion clip of a collision is perfect for demonstrating momentum conservation https://t.co/Q3ks37FF9k [source of the gif: https://t.co/Ei4psNUO8v] pic.twitter.com/YzOsD9Nm4w

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) December 7, 2021

Calculating Slope

If you are struggling understanding how to calculate slope, check out this link (https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-eighth-grade-math/cc-8th-linear-equations-functions/8th-slope/a/slope-formula) or watch this video (https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/two-var-linear-equations/slope/v/slope-of-a-line). 

Physics 30 - Relative Velocities

New! Relative Cosmic Velocities
Driving on a highway at a constant speed, you don't really feel your motion (aside from the vibrations). In the same way, we also don't 'feel' these cosmic velocities pic.twitter.com/2Pfq2tgurd

— Dr James O'Donoghue (@physicsJ) September 8, 2019