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If you are too lazy or unimaginative to go out and see how physics works in the real world, you can simply visit Physics.org ’s interactive street Physics Life and get it all in handy dandy Flash format. The site has lots of fun games and activities for you to learn about how physics affects you in your everyday life, and the site is well designed enough that I personally endorse it.

You can use the site to explore, interact, or find careers that involve physics, or point your students to something they might find useful. One of my favorite utilities of the site is the “facts” area, where you can see the physics behind such bizarre facts as “Frogs Levitate in a Strong Enough Magnetic Field.” The Physics Life section is a real gem, though, as it takes a Flash look at how physics affect the world right on your street, including home, school, and the office. Fun stuff for a Friday afternoon. - JEREMY S. GRIFFIN

Physics Life