Everybody always told me that toilet water spins in the opposite direction direction in the southern hemisphere. I lived in Paraguay for a year so I KNOW IT'S NOT TRUE but Smarter Every Day and Veritasium just did synchronized videos on the subject. Intriguing Results
Open both videos on different screens. Or different windows. Or two Shaler Area iPads. Or right here. Sync them and watch.
"My students don't want to review for the final so I'm not going to force them."
It's final exam week and I hear it every time. From teachers. The high school year's almost over and nobody wants to be here so let's fiesta!!
Silly me - Yo pensaba que se festeja los fines de semana y los feriados y el verano - why we party the day before the most important exam in the class is beyond me, but it's common.
Freaky Fzx Friday was a new thing this year and it's been quite popular so I'll be continuing it for years to come. For our last installment of the year we'll reprise my favorite topic.
Toddlers love ice. They play with the ice cubes in their drinks and love to suck on those plastic tubes filled with flavored sugar ice. Silicone trays for shaped ice cubes make it even more fun.
Schrodinger's cat is so popular she's on T-shirts.
dead AND alive
Since teeny tiny things don't obey Newton's Laws, different equations govern the quantum world of the amazingly small. In the 1920s, quantum equations and experiments were leading physicists to conclude that a particle could exist in multiple quantum states simultaneously. It was a difficult paradox that brought forth important questions.
Out for two weeks for shoulder surgery with no physics certified sub, I had to figure out a way to keep the class moving and give them good labs to do. The topic was circuits.
I used the district provided iPad and iMovie to provide practical instruction on ammeter and voltmeter use.
How to Use an Ammeter
I put out a compare and contrast video on series vs. parallel circuits:
Grandma probably told you not to stand in front of the microwave and I've been told not to use my cell phone too much. And to keep it in my pack, not my pants.
When I check cancer.gov and mayoclinic.org I find carefully worded science speak that no average person could get through. Their conclusion?
"no consensus"
"no one knows"
Scientists agree on climate change but medicine can't figure out whether cell phones cause cancer after decades of fear and studies? Ironic. I disagree with their conclusions.
Heisenberg gets pulled over by the police for speeding.
Werner Heisenberg, not this guy.
The officer approaches the vehicle and asks him if he knows how fast he was going. Unlike the blue meth cook, Heisenberg answers just like any good electron would
