Atomic structure

Atomic structure

by | Oct 13, 2015 | SciBricks

Homeschooler Susan Evans came up with LEGO atomic structure to teach chemistry to kids. The red bricks are protons, the black ones are neutrons, and the blue bricks are electrons (note how they are divided up into energy levels). These represent, respectively, neutral...
Impossible waterfall

Impossible waterfall

by | Sep 3, 2015 | SciBricks

A couple of years ago when that big LEGO Architecture Studio set came out Tom Alphin decided to create a 30 day challenge for himself and his readers. Day 12’s challenge was to Build and photograph an impossible Escher model out of Lego. He came up with a LEGO...
Waveform

Waveform

by | Aug 27, 2015 | SciBricks

Light and sound can be described as waves traveling through some medium. A simple wave can take an easily described form such as a sine function, but if you put a bunch of waves together, such as a burst of many wavelengths of light or a musical chord, the waves add...