Rocks are forced to change shape at or near plate boundaries. Rocks can experience squeezing, stretching, or pushing in different directions in response to stress. This response depends on the type of ...

Students will develop an understanding that objects and materials can be tested to learn about their properties. Students will help plan and conduct different tests on the materials. Students will be ...

View the video below to see what you and your students will do in this lesson. Demonstrate making a paper boat to guide students, who work in pairs, to make their own paper boat. Place the boat in ...

Alex Zunger is a theoretical condensed-matter physicist at the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI), University of Colorado, Boulder, USA. The hunt is on for materials that have exotic ...

Mechanical testing is a way of testing and measuring the properties of materials. Machines/instruments are available to test materials or finished products in a range of different ways including ...