. . . 5 reasons to love physics!

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5 Reasons to Fall in Love with Physics!

1. It Teaches You to Think: Thinking is hard. This may sound a little silly, but it is! Humans are naturally inclined to take the easy road and just make assumptions based on emotions and beliefs, rather than making decisions based on the facts presented. In fact it takes a lot of practice to train our brains to think critically. The internet and the app store have done an okay job of giving us ways to practice this important skill, but do you know what's even better? Physics! Physically woven into the fabric of space and time, physics surrounds us everyday, giving us ample space to stop and consider what it is we are really experiencing.

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2. Physics Explains: So many aspects of our daily lives revolve around the laws of physics. Sir Isaac Newton defined many of these for us a very long time ago, and then Einstein gave us some clarity more recently. But lets take a minute and think about the simple idea of push and pull. We see our kiddos experimenting with this one pretty early on as they pull open a kitchen drawer and push it shut over and over again (this is of course followed by super fun experiments with force and gravity in which said child proceeds to eject all enclosed and organized materials in a impressive radius). As we watch our kiddos grow, take a moment to chat about physics as they happen on an aspect of it. I know a baby may not understand everything that you say, but they certainly understand the concept. Plus explaining the elements of Newtonian physics to a toddler is pretty darn entertaining.

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3. Physics Puts Math to Use: Just like thinking critically, math can also be hard. Which is why physics is such a wonderful tool for math. It takes all these numbers and symbols and puts them into real world use, creating a visual and physical reality where these numbers can find a home that kids can more easily grasp.

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4. Explores the Possibilities/Pushing Boundaries: A few years back (okay, like 100 years) this physicist guy with crazy hair and a German accent told his fellow physicists about a theory he had been working on. This theory of relativity turned out to fundamentally change the way we look at space and time. This theory answered so many questions, but left a few remaining, like what about those gravitational waves? Are they real, and how do we measure them? One hundred years later and we finally have an answer! What I'm getting at here is physics challenges us to keep searching, hypothesizing, and pushing the boundaries of what we think we know. How cool is that?!?!

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5. It's Challenging: I'm writing about all of these reasons to love physics, and don't get me wrong, I LOVE physics, but it's honestly the hardest subject for me. That's because it's challenging. Not just for writing/visual arts inclined humans like myself, but for real science wizards too. Continuing on from the whole critical thinking idea, physics also challenges the brain to use lots of different areas. It's not enough to plug the numbers in. You have to think about all the facets of the problem just to find the numbers, and then you have to find the right equation to plug them into. Then you have to solve the equation. Physics is a wonderful workout for the brain!

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