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Monday, November 29, 2004

Coke Myths

Filed under: Open Questions — Justin @ 10:55 pm

You’ve probably heard the one about how state troopers keep Coke in their cars to wash blood off the highway, and how Coke will dissolve a T-bone steak in two days. Not true.

Thursday, September 2, 2004

Does light have mass?

Filed under: Open Questions, Bellevue, Seattle Schools, Districts — tkstaheli @ 2:34 pm

Each year, when I have been teaching Ecology & Evolution I wonder if I am misguiding my students during the photosynthesis lessons. To augment the module, I bring in a dense Holly log, hold it up, and ask: “where did the mass of this come from?”. After leaving them hanging for a few days or weeks, we discuss it again and start to rule out some of their answers (water, “dirt”, sun, water…). I help them rule out the sun, because everyone knows that empty space does NOT have mass…so light can NOT have mass either, because the light would have to travel through empty space to get to Earth from the Sun. But what about Black Holes dah dah dah??? Where’s the “truth”?!

Tuesday, August 31, 2004

robotics

Filed under: Open Questions — jgreen @ 7:41 pm

I am looking for an entry level program of robotics that I can have students build using parts not a kit.

Tuesday, August 24, 2004

stick bugs

Filed under: Open Questions, Resources — akimsey @ 6:13 pm

Does anyone know where I can get stick bugs locally for my class or mail order stick bugs for my classroom? Thank you! AnnaLisa akimsey[at]drizzle.com