There are phenomena that seem impossible--at first glance. But some knowledge of physics can often allow us to plan and also perform the seemingly impossible without any magic. Here is a very simple experiment that can be done with a whole group of students. I learned about it from an activity in a science center, where it was posed as a magical…

A selection of hands-on experiments from different fields of physics, which happen too fast for the eye or video cameras to properly observe and analyse the phenomena, is presented. They are recorded and analysed using modern high speed cameras. Two types of cameras were used: the first were rather inexpensive consumer products such as Casio…