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Is it possible to ice skate without ice? We just had to find out and test that question with some experiments. Tinker, create, and innovate with more hands-on discovery from kiwico.com Video Chapters! 00:00 Can you skate without ice? 00:51 Special skates 02:14 How does ice skating work? 02:45 Ice melting experiment 04:50 Momentum matters 05:36 Recap! Hashtags: #KiwiCo, #friction #science #engineering Read More [3 articles-title, link, quote]: The act of ice skating is a miracle of physics bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/ice-skating-miracle-physics “Although ice itself is normally a slick, low-friction surface that’s very hard to steady yourself on and move across in a controlled fashion, the act of ice skates makes it not only possible, but easy.” The surprising science of why ice is so slippery vox.com/science-and-health/2018/2/13/16973886/why-is-ice-slippery “But for much of the past two centuries, scientists have struggled to explain why, exactly, ice is s...

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