The latest Blick on Flicks:
Amelia and the Physics of Flight
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We all love watching movies. But we also love science. And sometimes the two don't mix!

To help us sort the good science from the bad in movies and other visual media, Jacob Clark Blickenstaff provides expert commentary, pointing out where the physics is stretched, the chemistry fudged, or the biology twisted on behalf of the story—without losing sight of the fact that movies are meant to entertain.

Prof. Blickenstaff helps turn "bad science" into teachable science for middle level and high school students.

Blick on Flicks is a regular column in NSTA Reports and a periodic feature of NSTA WebNews. Here is a handy list of previously published reviews:

• The Old Song and Dance: Physics and the Remake of Fame (2009.10.09): Read the review | Listen to it!
• Aliens Teach Humanity in District 9 (2009.09.02): Read the review | Listen to it!
• Bringing Hollywood Science to School (2009.08.12): Read the review | Listen to it!
• Don’t Try This at Home: Mythbusters in the Science Classroom (2009.07.07): Read the review | Listen to it!
• Pixar is Up to Something Good (2009.06.08): Read the review | Listen to it!
• A Hollywood Solution to a Viral Problem (2009.05.11): Read the review | Listen to it!
• Monsters vs. Aliens: Classic Sci-Fi in 3D (2009.04.10): Read the review | Listen to it!
• Pushing the Limits (2009.03.16): Read the review | Listen to it!
• Nuking the Fridge, Odd Magnetism, and Issues with Inertia in The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2009.02.18): Read the review | Listen to it!
• Advanced Cartoon Physics: Lessons from WALL-E (2009.01.15): Read the review | Listen to it!
• The Physics of Vampire Baseball (2008.12.11): Read the review | Listen to it!
• Physics and Batman: A Troubled Relationship (2008.11.21): Read the review | Listen to it!
• Under Pressure: Jimmy Choo and Body Image in The Devil Wears Prada (2008.10.24): Read the review | Listen to it!
• Microbial David vs. Alien Goliath (2008.09.12): Read the review | Listen to it!
• A Journey to the Center of the Earth, or How Low Can You Go? (2008.08.01): Read the review | Listen to it!
• One Happening Science Teacher (2008.06.23)
• Nim’s (Fantasy) Island (2008.04.28)
• A Scientific Approach to Surviving a Zombie Attack (2008.03.31)
• Jumping to the Wrong Conclusions (2008.02.26)

Jacob Clark Blickenstaff is Assistant Professor of Physics and Assistant Director of the Center for Science and Mathematics Education at the University of Southern Mississippi.