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Seventeen-year-old physics whiz Casey Carlyle is urged by her physics teacher to work on a physics project over the summer for presentation to Harvard. Since Casey is an ice skater she decides on a project that will show the elements of physics applied in competitive figure skating. To better understand the principles she's using, she will have to become her own test subject. She decides that she wants to skate on the Nationals circuit, but has some...
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The Mammoth Islanders are looking for an alternative to using mammoths to deliver their pizzas so they experiment with different internal combustion engines, from rockets to turbofan jet engines to gasoline engines. By comparing the advantages and drawbacks of these engines, they determine which one will serve their business best and ensure that the pizzas are delivered on time.
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The Mammoth Islanders discover the power of an invisible force called magnetism when lightning strikes their wire and iron bar "clothes dryer." When an electric current flows through the wire, the current creates a magnetic field around it. The Islanders learn that opposites do attract.
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