There is a new purple shirt that Jerome Tang likes to wear whenever he is coaching a Kansas State basketball practice. It features the word “FORGING” spelled out in white capital letters above a ...

In this video, we will melt rusty springs into wootz steel. Then we will show the forging of the wakizashi sword. A lot of ...

There’s something about forging a sword that’s deeply satisfying. The banging of the red-hot steel with hammers. The hissing of steam as the steel’s cooled in a pool of water. Grinding the blade down ...

Have students brainstorm a list of common uses of metal alloys (e.g., a door frame, a doorknob, or a paper clip). Write these on the board. Discuss with students what characteristics make these metal ...

Students explore the characteristics of metals and produce a series of posters on different alloys, outlining their properties and how they are used. locate metals on the Periodic Table of elements.