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John Burk

Doodling in Math: Spirals, Fibonacci, and Being a Plant [Part 3 of 3] - YouTube - 0 views

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    Awesome video that explains why plants often (but not always) have leaves that grow in fibonacci patter
John Burk

Klunky Schematic Editor Home Page - 0 views

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    easy web-based circuit schematics creator
John Burk

Rereading Darwin » American Scientist - 0 views

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    Interesting essay on how it is only very recently that we have begun to appreciate the giant spans of time that drive evolution and geologic events. 
John Burk

Whiteboard Speed Dating « Physics! Blog! - 1 views

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    An excellent idea to mix things up with whiteboarding
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Science teacher: Open letter to elementary school teachers everywhere - 0 views

  • If you are going to spend time on science, though, please be wary of glib explanations that will confound a child's true understanding just a few years down the line. Language matters far more than facile explanations of the natural world. Unless you know what energy is, and I got to tell you that I do not, do not pretend a 7 year old can master this. Unless you can explain a concept accurately without using science jargon, do not pretend your lambs will get it. My students are amazed water comes out of flame, something easily demonstrated at any level of public education, yet accept that the Earth is round at face value, because you, the most powerful person in this child's life outside of family (and sadly occasionally including family), said so.
John Burk

The Milky Way and Storms over Africa - 0 views

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    This video was taken by the crew of Expedition 30 on board the International Space Station. The sequence of shots was taken December 29, 2011 from 20:55:05 to 21:14:09 GMT, on a pass from over central Africa, near southeast Niger, to the South Indian Ocean, southeast of Madagascar. The complete pass is over southern Africa to the ocean, focusing on the lightning flashes from local storms and the Milky Way rising over the horizon. The Milky Way can be spotted as a hazy band of white light at the beginning of the video. The pass continues southeast toward the Mozambique Channel and Madagascar. The Lovejoy Comet can be seen very faintly near the Milky Way. The pass ends as the sun is rising over the dark ocean.
John Burk

How to Present Scientific Data : Uncertain Principles - 0 views

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    Excellent post on how to present scientific data-could be given directly to students as a reference. 
John Burk

Seeing Forests for the Trees and the Carbon: Mapping the World's Forests in Three Dimen... - 1 views

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    Very cool map of US forests, with details on how the data was gathered
John Burk

Multicellular Life Evolves in Laboratory | Wired Science | Wired.com - 0 views

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    very cool story about multicellular yeast evolving in the lab in just 60 days. 
John Burk

How to Start Making Your Own Electronics with Arduino and Other People's Code - 0 views

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    basic guide to arduino
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Problems in Physics (pdf) from Kapitza - 0 views

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    This is a collection of 223 open ended physics questions Kapitza used to use on the hard core russian version of the Q exam. Fun to work through once and a while. If you ever work through a question, be sure to send it my way, I'd love to see it.
John Burk

Swans on Tea » The Magic of Magnetism - 0 views

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    nice derivation of the connection b/t E&Mo
John Burk

Day 76: Energy and Momentum Practicum - Noschese 180 - 0 views

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    interesting energy and momentum practicum
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