INSPIRING AMERICA. THE PROFESSOR MAKING SCIENCE SO FUN, HIS
ACTION-PACKED LESSONS
ARE GOING VIRAL.
HERE IS CATIE BECK.
>> Reporter: ON HIS
HOME MADE HOOVER
BOARD, COLLEGE PHYSICS
PROFESSOR DAVID WRIGHT
TEACHES MOTION STAYS
IN MOTION.
>> YOU HAVE TO BE
ENTHUSIASTIC IN THE
CLASS BECAUSE PHYSICS
HAS A REPUTATION OF
DULL AND BORING.
>> Reporter: NO CHANCE
OF DOZING OFF IN HIS
CLASSROOM.
HE’S BEEN SHARING THE
GRAVITY OF SCIENCE HE
LOVES AT VIRGINIA’S
TIDE WATER COMMUNITY
COLLEGE SINCE 1974.
AT ALMOST 70 A
MAGNETIC MACHINE OF
ENERGY SLINGSHOTING
HIMSELF INTO
DEMONSTRATION WITH
FIRE, POWEGO STICKS AND
A BED OF NAILS.
>> I FEEL GUILTY
SOMETIMES.
THEY ARE PAYING ME TO
HAVE FUN.
>> Reporter: ONE
STUDENT POSTED THIS
YESTERDAY ON TWITTER
ALREADY WATCHED MORE
THAN 13 MILLION TIMES.
YOU HAVE TO BE GOING
INTO THAT CLASSROOM
EVERY DAY THINKING
WHAT IS THIS GUY GOING
TO DO TODAY?
>> YES.
>> Reporter: HIS CLASS
IS A ROLLER COASTER
RIDE AND WHILE WRIGHT
GETS THRILLS FROM THE
PHYSICS OF SKY DIVING
AND BUNGEE JUMPING,
NOTHING COMPARES TO
TEACHING.
>> LOOK WHAT HAPPENS.
>> Reporter: USING A
CLOSE SET COLLECTION
OF GADGETS TO ENGAGE
AND INSPIRE.
>> I LOVE COMING TO
WORK IN THE MORNING.
I LOVE EVERY MINUTE OF
IT.
>> Reporter: A PASSION
AND PURPOSE EVEN