Superphysics
After the Paris Olympics, the Physics Reimagined team decides to take part in the worldwide celebration of sport, by bringing in a touch of physics, of course !
Superphysics offers 3 never-seen-before exercices :
– the Approxi-meter : find out how your body can be used as a measuring tool 🤙🏻📐
– Publiball : discovering the world of scientific publication 🧑🏼🔬📄
– 1000 Push-ups for the Planet : become an expert of energy consumption 🏋🏽♀️🔋
Behind the scenes
Vlog
This project was designed by Camille Debard and Lou-Andreas Etienne for the “Physics Reimagined” team (Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS).
With the support of La Diagonale Paris-Saclay, Quantum-Saclay, and the “Physics Reimagined” Chair of the Paris-Saclay Foundation, supported by the Air Liquide group and Crédit Agricole – CIB.
We would like to thank the Pedagogical Experiment Center of the Villebon -Georges Charpak Institute for lending us their premises and equipment.
Authors:
Lou-Andreas Etienne
You can’t understand a thing about your electricity bills ? You can’t tell if it’s the new washing-machine that’s using too much or the high-tech kettle you just bought ?
1000 Push-ups for the Planet is a very intuitive game that compares two types of energetic consumptions :
– the everyday ones (boiling water, scrolling on social media, being stuck in traffic…)
– the sports ones (a zumba class, a marathon, lenghts in a pool…)
With all the different game plays, not only you will gain a few energetic facts, but you will be asking for more !
Play now !
A sneak peek
See for yourself
Rules
Download and print the game here
Behind the scenes
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1000 Push-ups for the Planet is a "Superphysics" project
After the Paris Olympics, the Physics Reimagined team decides to take part in the worldwide celebration of sport, by bringing in a touch of physics, of course !
Superphysics offers 3 never-seen-before exercices :
– the Approxi-meter : find out how your body can be used as a measuring tool 🤙🏻📐
– Publiball : discovering the world of scientific publication 🧑🏼🔬📄
– 1000 Push-ups for the Planet : become an expert of energy consumption 🏋🏽♀️🔋
This project was designed by Camille Debard and Lou-Andreas Etienne for the “Physics Reimagined” team (Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS).
Concept : Lou-Andreas Etienne and Camille Debard
Illustration and graphic design : Camille Debard
Typeface : Pramuk rounded, Indian type foundry
Maths : Julien Bobroff and Frédéric Bouquet
Online version : Lou-Andreas Etienne
With the support of La Diagonale Paris-Saclay, Quantum-Saclay, and the “Physics Reimagined” Chair of the Paris-Saclay Foundation, supported by the Air Liquide group and Crédit Agricole – CIB.
We would like to thank to the Pedagogical Experiment Center of the Villebon -Georges Charpak Institute for lending us their premises and equipment.
Authors:
Lou-Andreas Etienne
Did you know your body could be used as a measuring tool ? But of course you’ll tell me, feet 🦶🏼 and thumbs 👍🏼 are ancient measuring units.
The Approxi-meter is an online game in which you use your body tu measure athletes’ performances.
Get ready to time the races and mesure the jumps on these archive videos. After checking out your results, you’ll tell us if your body is an efficient measuring tool !
The video version of the game
Play while watching the video
The online game
A sneak peek
User instructions
A few excerpts
Behind the scenes
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The Approxi-meter is a "Superphysics project
After the Paris Olympics, the Physics Reimagined team decides to take part in the worldwide celebration of sport, by bringing in a touch of physics, of course !
Superphysics offers 3 never-seen-before exercices :
– the Approxi-meter : find out how your body can be used as a measuring tool 🤙🏻📐
– Publiball : discovering the world of scientific publication 🧑🏼🔬📄
– 1000 Push-ups for the Planet : become an expert of energy consumption 🏋🏽♀️🔋
This project was designed by Camille Debard and Lou-Andreas Etienne for the “Physics Reimagined” team (Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS).
Lou-Andreas Etienne and Camille Debard had the original idea.
Illustrations, graphic design and motion design : Camille Debard
Son : Simon Chapillon
Typeface : Pramuk rounded, Indian type foundry
Online version : Lou-Andreas Etienne
We would like to thank our guinea-pigs from the bottom of our hearts : Julien, Frédéric, Anaïs, Eliott, Wonjin and Alice.
With the support of La Diagonale Paris-Saclay, Quantum-Saclay, and the “Physics Reimagined” Chair of the Paris-Saclay Foundation, supported by the Air Liquide group and Crédit Agricole – CIB.
We would like to thank the Pedagogical Experiment Center of the Villebon -Georges Charpak Institute for lending us their premises and equipment.
Authors:
Lou-Andreas Etienne
You turn on your TV and it’s broadcasting a sport you’ve never seen before : Publiball
It is the sports version of scientific publication, that millions of researchers play across the world.
Delve into this special and competitive universe, find out about its rules, successes and downwards.
The movie
This entire movie was made out of paper, and using the stop-motion technique.
A few pictures
Making-of
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Publiball is a "Superphysics" project
After the Paris Olympics, the Physics Reimagined team decides to take part in the worldwide celebration of sport, by bringing in a touch of physics, of course !
Superphysics offers 3 never-seen-before exercices :
– the Approxi-meter : find out how your body can be used as a measuring tool 🤙🏻📐
– Publiball : discovering the world of scientific publication 🧑🏼🔬📄
– 1000 Push-ups for the Planet : become an expert of energy consumption 🏋🏽♀️🔋
This project was designed by Camille Debard and Lou-Andreas Etienne for the “Physics Reimagined” team (Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS).
Scenario : Lou-Andreas Etienne and Camille Debard, with the help of Julien Bobroff and Frédéric Bouquet
Graphic design : Camille Debard
Shooting : Camille Debard and Lou-Andreas Etienne
Edit : Camille Debard and Lou-Andreas Etienne
Sound design : Simon Chapillon
Voices : Camille Debard and Eliott Pananceau
With the support of La Diagonale Paris-Saclay, Quantum-Saclay, and the “Physics Reimagined” Chair of the Paris-Saclay University Foundation, supported by the Air Liquide group and Crédit Agricole – CIB.
We would like to thank the Pedagogical Experiment Center of the Villebon -Georges Charpak Institute for lending us their premises and equipment.
Authors:
Lou-Andreas Etienne
Comment expliquer le chat de Schrödinger, une des plus subtiles expériences de pensée de la physique quantique ? Avec des illusions d’optique ! Démonstration dans cette expo unique en son genre.
L'expo à l'Université Paris-Saclay
Une visite de l’expo en 1 mn
Les coulisses
Une exposition réalisée par Eliott Pananceau dans l’équipe La Physique Autrement (Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS), avec l’aide de Julien Bobroff et Frédéric Bouquet côté science, et Lou-Andreas Etienne côté design et Anaïs Vergnolle côté médiation.
Il a bénéficié du soutien de Quantum-Saclay et QuantEdu dans le cadre France 2030, de la Chaire « La Physique Autrement » de la Fondation Paris-Saclay soutenue par le groupe Air Liquide et le Crédit Agricole – CIB. Il a été réalisé dans les locaux et avec les moyens techniques du Centre d’Expérimentation Pédagogique de l’Institut Villebon – Georges Charpak.
Authors:
Eliott Pananceau
Ce petit film en stop-motion permet de découvrir comment on peut enseigner la physique dans la forêt.
Les coulisses du tournage
Ce film a été réalisé par Adèle Nyitrai, à partir d’un enseignement de Julien Bobroff et Frédéric Bouquet à l’Institut Villebon-Georges Charpak et à l’Université Paris-Saclay.
Voix off : Adèle Nyitrai et Julien Bobroff
Production : Institut Villebon-Georges Charpak.
Le film a été réalisé dans les locaux et avec les moyens techniques du Centre d’Expérimentation Pédagogique de l’Institut Villebon – Georges Charpak. Merci à Achile, Romaric, Germain, Maëlyne, Anna, Eve, Alexandre, Hugo et Julien pour la figuration et à toute l’équipe de La Physique Autrement.
Authors:
Adèle Nyitraï
We have created a forest teaching for students. The goal is to offer them another relationship to environmental issues, more concrete and linked to their physics courses. In 2 days, they must imagine an experiment in the forest, carry it out, analyze it, then popularize it through a collective device (exhibition, website, insta account…).
Teaching explained in 3 minutes
This course was developed as a bachelor’s degree at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Paris-Saclay and at the Villebon-Georges Charpak Institute. It was imagined from an initial idea of the participants of the workshop “Reimagine Physics Teaching”, thank you all.
It benefited from the support of the Chair “Physics Reimagined” of the Paris-Saclay Foundation supported by the Air Liquide group and Crédit Agricole – CIB. It was produced in the premises and with the technical resources of the Center for Educational Experimentation of the Villebon – Georges Charpak Institute.
Thanks to Clara Vardon and Lou-Andreas Etienne for their help in creating the course, and to Adèle Nyitrai who designed the short film.
Authors:
Julien Bobroff
Frédéric Bouquet
L’Institut Villebon-Georges Charpak vient d’avoir 10 ans. Pour fêter cette licence en sciences et technologies unique en son genre, nous avons conçu une expo et une série d’interviews que voici.
Cette exposition a été conçue de façon frugale, entièrement sur place et avec les moyens du bord : les mobiliers de l’Institut, le service impression de la fac, et en s’appuyant sur l’équipe des enseignant.e.s et des étudiant.e.s de l’Institut.
L'expo, conçue uniquement avec le mobilier de l'Institut
Les illustrations
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Les interviews
et en prime, une mini-expo qui restera à l'entrée de l'Institut
Scénographie : Camille Debard et Lou-Andreas Etienne
Illustrations et graphisme : Camille Debard
Contenus : Julien Bobroff et Lou-Andreas Etienne
Interviews vidéo : Lou-Andreas Etienne
Nous remercions les étudiant.e.s et le personnel de l’Institut pour leur participation, le service de reprographie de la Faculté des Sciences, et le Centre d’Expérimentation Pédagogique pour son accueil.
Une co-production de l’Institut Villebon-Georges Charpak et de La Physique Autrement
Authors:
Two polarizers and a bit of plastic are enough to create an impressive optical illusion, linked to the phenomenon of birefringence. Here, we will show you how to achieve these illusions in practice, but also the physics involved.
birefringence explained
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An article about the physics involved
Painting in polarization
Slepkov, A. D. (2022). Painting in polarization. American Journal of Physics, 90(8), 617-624.
This work was carried out by Eliott Pananceau, accompanied on the scientific side by Julien Bobroff and Frédéric Bouquet, in “La Physique Autrement” team (Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS).
It benefited from the support of Quantum-Saclay, the “Physique autrement” Chair of the Paris-Saclay Foundation supported by the Air Liquide group and Crédit Agricole – CIB. It was carried out in the premises and with the technical resources of the Educational Experimentation Center of the Villebon – Georges Charpak Institute.
Authors:
Eliott Pananceau
How to make sound visible? The film SA-ONDE tells the story of a sound wave through 6 scenes. Thanks to small tangible objects, you will discover the invisible world around you, when you speak, when you shout, when you sing, and even when you go into space.
Behind the scenes
This project was designed by Wonjin Park during an internship in the “Physics Reimagined” team (Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS).
Graphic object, staging, images, sound effects created by Wonjin Park.
Screenplays, filming, editing with the invaluable help of Julien Bobroff and Lou-Andreas Etienne.
Thanks to all the actors/assistants: Julien Bobroff, Frédéric Bouquet, Lou-Andreas Etienne, Camille Debard, Eliott Pananceau, and Alice Normand.
It benefited from the support of the “Physique Autrement” Chair of the Paris-Saclay Foundation supported by the Air Liquide group and Crédit Agricole – CIB. It was produced in the premises and with the technical resources of the Centre d’Expérimentation Pédagogique of the Villebon – Georges Charpak Institute.
Many thanks to Julien Bobroff, Frédéric Bouquet, and Lou-Andréas Etienne.
Authors:
Wonjin Park
