I hear and I forget.
I see and I remember.
I do and I understand.

Confucius

Choose a job you love,
and you will never have to work
a day in your life

Confucius

Curiosity is an intrinsic feature of all animals and the major tool for development. Human beings have accumulated a vast amount of information about the laws of nature; and yet nature is so complex that many questions remain unanswered.
The major goal of the HOW NATURE WORKS Initiative is to acquaint the young generation with the fundamental laws of nature and give them minimal tools for development and research.
Modern science is a wonderland with a foreign language so diverse that no a human being is capable of learning of all its definitions and notations, and the earlier one begins the journey - the easier is the way.
The online curriculum is on the physics of nature. It does not require previous education and does not replace school curriculum; it is of basic ideas and proceeds into unsolved problems.
It is designed as an online help for motivated children of ages 10+ ready to acquire basic scientific ideas (especially if their parents or grandparents help them and set up an experimental laboratory in their garage or home and would be ready for experimentation and discussions). That's why parents are specially invited to participate.
The curriculum uses visual educational materials from open sources as the ground for discussions during the meetings.
Building personal experimental setups is encouraged and guided.
Basic Laws of Nature
for motivated kids and their parents

HOW NATURE WORKS
Visual and experimental learning initiative
with physicist George Danilov

Ages 10 to 100+ are welcome
Flexible schedule
If you are ready to join the meeting,
or begin individual learning with my assistance,
request invitation to Zoom meeting

Scroll down to see the schedule
Topics for discussion:
Complexity of nature;
Atomic structure of matter;
Energy and laws of thermodynamics;
Electricity and magnetism;
Practical applications of the laws of physics and experimentation;
Bring your questions.
Sources of visual information used:
Atomic school
Fuse school
Socratica
TED-ED
Stated clearly
and many others


The general procedure for physics is setting up an experiment, measuring and working with obtained data, and the final step is coming to a conclusion. This is my final goal: to teach the participants to follow this procedure after we finish the course.
How long can it take? I don't know. Everything depends on the participants.

Introduction
Complexity of nature

The core movies for discussions:
1. Our Solar System
2. Earth from Space
3. Inside the Volcano
4. The Sun and the Earth
Basic ideas of atomic structure of matter

The following movies used for discussion:
1. What is an atom?
2. How big is an atom?
3. What are elements?
4. Introduction of Periodic table
5. Mass vs. Weight
6. Atomic mass
History of atomic theory

The following movies used for discussions:
1. What is an Atom?
2. Models of Atoms
3. Electrons, Protons and Neutrons
4. Structure of atoms
5. Modern Periodic table of elements
Bonus movie for advanced learners:
6. understanding the atom
Periodic table of elements
Formatioin of molecules

Movies for discussions:
1. How atoms bond - TED
2. What Are Covalent Bonds
3. What are ions
4. What are ionic bonds
5. Ionic compounds
6. States of matter 1
7. States of matter 2
8. Plasma
9. What Are Intermolecular Forces


Metals

Movies for discussions:
1. What Are Metallic Bonds?
2. Behaviour Of Metallic structures
3. Alloys & their Properties
4. Iron Alloys
5. Rust: Prevention & Treatment
6. production of metals
Units of measure

Movies for discussions:
1. Length, Area, and Volume
2. Time
3. Speed, 4. Velocity and 5. Momentum
6. Acceleration 7. Newton's laws of motion
8. Gravity, 9. Mass, Weight, Force
10. Rotational Inertia
11. Density 12. Once more about Density
Energy and work

Movies for discussions:
1. Two types of energy
2. Force, work and energy
3. Sources of energy
4. Units of energy
5. Heat energy
6. Specific heat capacity
7. Heat transfer
Thermodynamics

Movies for discussions:
1. Thermodynamic systems
2. First law of thermodynamics
3. On perpetual motion
4. Refrigeration process
5. Modern refrigerator
6. Heat in chemical reactions
Bonus movie for advanced learners:
7. Conservation of matter

Electricity

Movies for discussions:
1. History of electricity
2. What is Electricity?
3. Static electricity
4. How batteries work
5. Current
6. Electric circuit with a battery
7. Ohm's law
8. DC/AC currents
Magnetism

Movies for discussions:
1. Magnets
2. Electric current and magnetic field
3. Electromagnetism 2
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8. Eddison vs Tesla

Movies for discussions:
1. proton gradient in cells
2. Lead
3. Consequences of science
4. China is taking over
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Thank you for your feedback:
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