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Physics Girl

Physics Girl

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Join host Dianna Cowern as she puts her MIT physics degree to the test. With experiments, demonstrations, and cool new discoveries, this series sheds new light on the fun, adventurous side of physical science.

A black hole in the center of a galaxy. Caption: Black hole.
Physics Girl
Season 4 / Ep 1
6 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A magnet film is placed on the surface of an electronic device, which results in the appearance of a specific pattern on the magnet film.
Physics Girl
Season 4 / Ep 2
6 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A spring fixed at one end is stretched below resonance, at resonance, and above resonance. The largest stretch in the spring is seen at resonance.
Physics Girl
Season 4 / Ep 3
6 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A whirlpool forms on the surface of water. Credit: Christine Westerback.
Physics Girl
Season 4 / Ep 4
6 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Three large speakers are present beneath a stage. Caption: Subwoofers
Physics Girl
Season 4 / Ep 5
6 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Large number of electric sparks can be seen in a plasma ball.
Physics Girl
Season 4 / Ep 6
7 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A comparison of the view, of letters placed below, through a straw submerged in water and alcohol. The view through water submerged straw is more magnified when compared to the view through alcohol submerged straw.
Physics Girl
Season 4 / Ep 7
5 minutes
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A screenshot of 2008 physics exam problem 4, labeled sticky disks.
Physics Girl
Season 4 / Ep 8
9 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A diagram depicts the musculature of lower back. Caption: Gluteus Maximus,
Physics Girl
Season 4 / Ep 9
10 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A giant concrete tunnel runs through a desert. Caption: Laser interferometer gravitational wave observatory.
Physics Girl
Season 4 / Ep 10
11 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Two black holes in the center of a galaxy. Caption: L I G O slash S X S slash R Hurt and T Pyle.
Physics Girl
Season 4 / Ep 11
30 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Planet Mars. Caption: negative 63 degrees Celsius and negative 81 degrees Fahrenheit. Source, NASA.
Physics Girl
Season 4 / Ep 12
10 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A telescope built on the top of a mountain. Caption: Large synoptic survey telescope. Science office slash L S S T project slash N S F slash A U R A.
Physics Girl
Season 4 / Ep 13
9 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A circular ring of tears on a wine glass. Caption: 5 X speed. Credits, Claudia Falcon.
Physics Girl
Season 4 / Ep 14
9 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A part of the Large Hadron Collider in C E R N. Notice boards for danger and magnetic field is placed.
Physics Girl
Season 4 / Ep 15
10 minutes
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Two scientists working at the Large Hadron Collider.
Physics Girl
Season 4 / Ep 16
10 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
The extent of the Large Hardon Collider is demarcated in a satellite view. Caption: C E R N.
Physics Girl
Season 4 / Ep 17
14 minutes
Grade Level: 10 - 12
An illustration depicts some planets and their orbits, revolving around a sun. Caption: N A S A.
Physics Girl
Season 4 / Ep 18
9 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A rainbow is forms above a valley. A white band colored band is a part of the rainbow.
Physics Girl
Season 4 / Ep 19
8 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A reflection of a girl is seen on a spoon.
Physics Girl
Season 4 / Ep 20
7 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A person adds a substance to a bowl of tonic water. Caption: tonic water and corn starch.
Physics Girl
Season 4 / Ep 21
6 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Object being shot from a tube and smashing against a tennis ball that is sitting in a plastic cup.
Physics Girl
Season 4 / Ep 22
14 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Screenshot of a video chat between Dianna and another woman. The other woman has dark hair with the ends dyed blue and green, over the head headphones with her hands up as she speaks. Dianna appears in the lower left corner wearing silver headphones.
Physics Girl
Season 4 / Ep 23
20 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Dianna wears a bright red blazer over a black shirt. She holds up a ladle like a microphone and pretends to interview an orange sitting on a black bar chair next to her. Her laptop is open on a table to her left.
Physics Girl
Season 4 / Ep 24
9 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12