Relativity is two related theories: special relativity, which explains the relationship between space, time, mass, and energy; and general relativity, which describes how gravity fits into the mix. Albert Einstein proposed these theories starting in 1905. By the 1920s, they were widely accepted by physicists. Every lesson is accompanied by a printable summary sheet and printable worksheets and answers. These form a complete set of revision notes. Helen said “I’m delighted to be the new Patron of Science Made Simple because learning about the way the world works has so much to offer all of us – it’s not just the delight of curiosity satisfied, or the fun of finding things out – science changes our perspective on the world and provides the critical framework that citizens need to make everyday decisions. Science Made Simple does a great job of sharing this message.” We’re delighted that Helen Czerski accepted our invitation to become patron of Science Made Simple. Helen is a physicist, oceanographer and broadcaster with a passion for science, sport, books, creativity, hot chocolate and investigating the interesting things in life. She’s an expert on bubbles and acoustics too, so she’s definitely a kindred spirit to the mission of our team!

Helen has presented a number of brilliant science programmes on BBC4 and Radio 4 and is the author of the highly acclaimed book; “ Storm in a Teacup: the physics of everyday life”. You get science articles, and ideas & instructions for great experiments you can do just using things found around the house. Wendy Sadler was determined to change that. She believed that science could and should appeal to everyone, if only they were suitably inspired. Wendy was a graduate in Physics and MusicUsing lots of demonstrations and volunteers to help, our presenters will help you recognise and name properties of water – freezing, boiling, melting, condensing, dissolving and evaporating and will talk about the states of matter – solid, liquid and gas. They will illustrate how water has a chemical formula and how water and the objects in it are affect by forces – floating and sinking, gravity. From absorbing water effectively, to dissolving chemicals in it, you can squash, freeze and heat water to do all sorts of things. Its properties really are extraordinary. This show contains demonstrations where water will be spilled on the floor. Please ensure your venue is suitable. In keeping with relativity, as particle accelerators speed subatomic particles, they also make those particles incredibly massive. David is awarded the Manchester Science Festival Josh Award for Outstanding Innovation in Science Communication

Special relativity involves two key ideas. First, the speed of light in a vacuum is the same for any observer, regardless of the observer’s location or motion, or the location or motion of the light source. Second, the laws of physics are the same for all reference frames that are not speeding up or slowing down relative to each other. A reference frame can be thought of as an environment in which an observer is at rest. Relativity, comprising Albert Einstein’s theories of special and general relativity, revolutionized our understanding of space, time, mass, energy, and gravity. Special relativity introduces the constancy of light speed and consistent physics across non-accelerating reference frames, while general relativity explains gravity as the warping of space-time by mass. These theories are pivotal in modern scientific endeavors, including particle physics and GPS technology. What Is the Theory of Relativity? Global positioning system ( GPS) satellites fly in different orbits around the Earth. These orbits are different frames of reference, so GPS has to take special relativity into consideration to help us navigate. In the early 2000s, science education in schools was delivered almost exclusively by teachers. There were a number of science centres, but these concentrated mainly on attracting visitors to the centre rather than going out into the schools to support the delivery of science education. One unfortunate consequence of this was that many teenagers (particularly girls) lost interest in science.As a result, an infinite amount of energy is required to make an object move at the speed of light. For this reason, it is impossible for any matter to travel faster than light speed.” Fun Science Kits, Activities and Toys for Kids at Steve Spangle Science - Shop Now * Science Articles Collecting data safely and accurately - laboratory and experimental safety, lab notebooks and keeping accurate research records.

When it's time for your school science fair project - Don't Panic! Just follow these simple step-by-step instructions to create your winning entry! It would appear that the speed of light is a singularity at which Time, as observed by someone outside the frame of reference, essentially stops, but the speed approaches the speed of light asymptotically; the length of the ship approaches zero. The question is, other than the red-shift, what do the occupants observe?Measurement of the propagation delay between to dipole antennas as the antennas are moved from the nearfield to farfield show that radio waves (light) propagates instantaneously near the source and reduces to the speed of light in the farfield after about 1 wavelength. This corresponds to both the phase and group speed, and the also the information speed. This result is completely incompatible with Relativity. It can be shown that instantaneous nearfield light yields Galilean transformations. So time and space for moving inertial bodies can appear to change, but using instantaneous nearfield light will show time and space have not changed, whereas using nearfield light will show time and space have not changed. So the effects of Relativity including General Relativity are an optical illusion. Galilean Realtiviry is the true theory of Relativity where time and space are absolute. General Relativity is known to reduce to Gravitoelectromagnetism for weak gravitational fields, which is all that we observe, so Gravitoelectromagnetism should replace General Relativity. Particularly important is that Gravitoelectromagnetism is a field theory and can be quantized (graviton) enabling the unification of gravity and Quantum Mechanics. Currently the Copenhagen interpretation is the most accepted interpretation, which assumes particles are not real until observed. Where as the Pilot Wave interpretation assumes particles are always real and are guided by a real pilot wave that acts instantaneously across space with other particle. It is not compatible with Relativity, but is compatible with Galilean Relativity, making it now the preferred interpretation of Quantum Mechanics given the results presented in this post. For more information see my short YouTube presentation: The first step is choosing the right science fair project idea, based on your interests and abilities.