PROfizika

What it is

PROfizika is the TikTok of Mirlan Dzhusambaev, a physics teacher from Kazakhstan. His bio calls him a physics fan and a finalist of Kazakhstan's Top-10 Teachers contest, and mentions TikTok's Learn on TikTok program. Kazakh outlet liter.kz listed him among the country's educational TikTok creators. When we checked, he had about 37,000 followers, with some clips passing several million views. Captions are in Russian.

Why we picked it

This is physics you can repeat at the kitchen table. A glass of water sits on a thin card and the card doesn't bend, because the pressure spreads over its area. A dry spaghetti strand almost never snaps neatly in two, and there's a lovely explanation involving a stress wave after the first break. A tube balances on the edge of a sheet of paper as long as its center of gravity stays over the support. There's also a blunt demo where cigarette smoke is pushed through a clear tube that turns yellow, which is more convincing than any lecture.

Each clip is a little trick plus a short answer to "why". He posts often; recently several videos were landing in a single day.

Where to start

• Find the spaghetti video, one of the best examples of a tiny everyday thing turning into a physics problem.
• Watch the glass-on-a-card experiment and try it yourself.
• Scroll the pinned videos, the ones with millions of views.
• Read the captions: the explanation is often written right there.

Who it's for

The visuals speak for themselves, but the explanations are in Russian, so this suits Russian speakers best. Good for students who think physics is only formulas, parents looking for a useful weekend activity, and teachers hunting for lesson ideas.

Quick answers

Who runs it? Mirlan Dzhusambaev, a physics teacher from Kazakhstan and a Top-10 Teachers finalist, according to his profile.

Can I repeat the experiments at home? Most of them, yes: glasses, paper and pasta are all you need.

What language is it in? The captions are in Russian.