Physics In Action Podcast

A brief review of Dynamics in preparation for Regents-type standardized testing. Play here. View the full article

A brief review of Dynamics in preparation for Regents-type standardized testing. Play here. More...

Episode 18: Brian Greene's "Elegant Universe" and Anil Ananthaswamy's "The Edge of Physics." Play here. http://www.physicsinaction.com/ More...

Episode 18: Brian Greene's "Elegant Universe" and Anil Ananthaswamy's "The Edge of Physics." Play here. http://www.physicsinaction.com/ View the full article

Episode R03: Kinematics Review Podcast Play here. (Note: Quicktime required to watch review video) More...

Episode R03: Kinematics Review Podcast Play here. (Note: Quicktime required to watch review video) View the full article

Episode R08: A brief review of Work, Energy, and Power in preparation for Regents-level standardized testing. Play here. Note that this is in enhanced podcast format, and therefore will likely play best in iTunes or an iPhone/iTouch type device. More...

Episode 5: Weight and elevators, the space elevator, and listener feedback. Play here. Paige and Hillary explore what a scale reads in an accelerating elevator, Andy tells us about the space elevator concept, and Brian and Ken read a number of listener feedback letters. http://www.physicsinaction.com/ More...

Episode 6: Black Holes Play here. Justin gives us his take on the many strange and fascinating aspects of black holes. More...

Episode R09: Electrostatics Review Play here. A brief review of electrostatics in preparation for Regents-level standardized testing. http://www.physicsinaction.com/. Note that this is in .m4v format, which is optimized for viewing on a computer equipped with iTunes and the latest version of Quicktime, or on a later-generation iPhone / iTouch. More...

Episode 7: Interstellar Travel and Railguns Play here. Jake explores the realm of interstellar travel, while Dustin burrows into the technology of modern railguns. More...

Episode 8: Time Travel and Noetic Science. Play here. Jake looks into the possibility of time travel while Jess and Mike explore the controversial topic of Noetic Science. More...

Episode 9: Snowboarding, Rockband, and Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion. Play here. Alex takes a look at the physics of snowboarding; Brian, Ken and Richard explore physics in the video game "Rockband," and Dr. Liener's Earth Science Class presents their music video explaining Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion. http://www.physicsinaction.com/ More...

Promo for Episode 10: Interview with Jennifer Ouellette, author of Physics of the Buffyverse Play here. Check out our upcoming interview with Ms. Ouellette, author of "Physics of the Buffyverse!" More...

Episode R10: Circuits Review Play here. A brief review of circuits in preparation for Regents-level standardized testing. More...

Episode R11: Circuit Analysis Review Play here. A brief review of circuit analysis in preparation for Regents-level standardized testing. More...

Episode 10: Physics of the Buffyverse: An interview with Jennifer Ouellette, author of Physics of the Buffyverse. Play here. Ouellette's book, Physics of the Buffyverse, is available in both paperback and Kindle editions at Amazon.com. More...

Episode R12: Magnetism Review -- a brief review of Magnetism tailored toward Regents-style standardized testing. http://www.physicsinaction.com/. Play here. More...

Our podcast has been nominated for a PBS Innovation in Education Award! Vote for it at: http://www.pbs.org/teachers/innovators/gallery/entries/269/ More...

Episode 11: Physics of Curling and Carbon Nanotubes. Play here. Jake, Dustin and Justin explore the Winter Olympic sport of Curling, while Ryan examines the current state of carbon nanotubes. http://www.physicsinaction.com/. More...

Dr. William D. Phillips, who was awarded the 1997 Nobel Prize in physics, will be presenting the 16th Annual Rustgi Lecture "Time, Einstein and the Coolest Stuff in the Universe" on Friday April 23 in 225 Natural Sciences Complex on the UB Amherst Campus at 5 p.m. The lecture is free and open to the public. It will be at a level that can be understood by high school students and anyone interested in science and technology. Dr. Phillips is well known for the spectacular lecture demonstrations that he presents with his public lectures. More...

Episode R13: Review of Wave Basics. A brief review of wave fundamentals in preparation for Regents-style standardized testing. http://www.physicsinaction.com/ Play here. More...

Episode 12: Field Hockey and Dr. Ben Kilminster of Fermilab. Play here. IHS Field Hockey players explore the physics of field hockey, and Sam interviews Dr. Ben Kilminster, who is leading a team searching for the Higgs Boson at Fermilab in Chicago, Illinois. http://www.physicsinaction.com/ Link to Dr. Kilminster's CDF Higgs Page: http://www-cdf.fnal.gov/physics/new/hdg/hdg.html In answering questions about extra dimensions, Dr. Kilminster recommends reading Lisa Randall's book: Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions. Other related items are also shown below. More...

Episode R14: Wave Behaviors Review. A brief review of reflection, refraction, diffraction, and the EM spectrum in preparation for Regents-style standardized testing. http://www.physicsinaction.com/ Play here. More...

Episode R15: Modern Physics Review. A brief review of wave-particle duality, models of the atom, forces in the universe, mass/energy equivalency, and the Standard Model in preparation for Regents-level standardized testing. http://www.physicsinaction.com/ Play here. More...