We currently have about 30 hands-on demonstrations covering a variety of topics that are ready to go on the road! Our target audience is elementary school students. Our goal is to bring excitement and fun into the classroom by giving students the opportunity to explore physics for themselves! If you are a teacher or administrator and are interested in having BOP come with a set of demonstrations, please contact us



Special sets designed to teach specific concepts:
Symmetry: explore the concept of symmetry with mirrors!
Funny Faces
Mirror yet a Window
Defy Gravity
Corner Reflections
Human kaleidoscope

Reflection: Explore the question; Where and why does light reflect?
Corner reflections
Curved Reflections
Bounce like Light
Everyone is in you
Look to Infinity
Hide and Seek Reflection Style

Behavior of Light: Explore how light moves, bounces, displaces, and rotates.
Curved Reflections
Bounce like Light
Up-side Down World
Pinhole Viewer
Now you See it Now you Don’t
Rotating Colors


Mechanics-Energy: Explore the question: How do objects gain energy/lose
energy? Where does all their energy go?
Rolling races
Slot races
Fun with Friction
Bounce Around
Ball hopping


Weird Eards- one of BOP's hands-on demonstrations
Our Demonstrations include:
Balancing Act
Ball Hopping
Bounce Around
Bounce like Light
Corner Reflections
Curved Reflections
Defy Gravity
Everyone is in You
Falling Sticks
Flash Fun
Funny Faces
Fun with Friction
Hide and Seek Reflection style
Human Kaleidoscope
Look to Infinity
Magnetic Field Lines
Magnet TV
Mirror yet a Window
Now you see it Now you don’t
Pinhole Viewer
Random Choice
Rolling Races
Rotating Colors
Slot Races
Up-side Down World
Weird Ears
Why the Sky is Blue




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