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#10084
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⚐ ReportDelaney: If you use your time wisely, you can finish quickly, and get to do some math review. Sean: But are teenagers known for using their time wisely?
#10083
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⚐ ReportDelaney: How many of you have math tests today? //many students raise hand Delaney: Here's the deal -- does anyone want to make a deal with me? Delaney: Here's a blank check ...
#10082
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⚐ Report//yesterday //Kaluta has car battery, claims that 12V DC, being less than 40V, is safe, asks if anyone wants to try it Kaluta: You can hold your fingers down, even though you're getting shocked, and try to look like you're not, and we'll have to decide if you're getting shocked. Kaluta: Or you can act like you're being shocked, when you're not. We'll see how good an actor you are. //Will steps up, touches the battery briefly, falls backward onto floor Will: Aaahhh! The burn! Kaluta: "How did you break your butt? Well, I fell, when I DIDN'T get shocked." //today Kaluta: We know this battery is safe to touch. It's only twelve volts. //Kaluta repeatedly touches the battery, unharmed, and points at Will Will: You must have replaced it with a fake battery.
#10081
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⚐ Report//chaotic schwartz anthology, february 24 //this was during a lesson using applied-diffeq problems based on student suggestions "Warning: don't actually eat charcoal! That's a really bad idea." "When making charcoal, our food that is best served hot, I like to just put it on the oven, and turn the oven on. I like it at 425 degrees, but that's just a personal preference." "What would happen if I removed charcoal from the oven on the surface of the sun?" "The charcoal is magical. It magically knows, depending on where it is, whether to get hot or to get cold." "My house must be really screwed up. It heats some things up, but makes other things cool down." "Awesome! We have now solved global warming! We can cool down the sun by cooking our charcoal on the surface of the sun. This is math, where we get lots of solutions to real-world problems." "These are magical Stevens and Isaiahs. They have no mass, they take up no space, they do not dissolve in hydrochloric acid, and they do not need to breathe." "The glass sprinkles in our tank are evenly distributed at all times, thanks to the efforts of our magical Stevens and Isaiahs." "This is an everyday experience I know you all have. Think of what happens when you dump glass sprinkles in your hydrochloric acid." "Like I said, it's important to connect math to your everyday experiences. I want you to think about what happens when you dump glass sprinkles in your tub of hydrochloric acid, like you did yesterday." "If your magical Stevens and Isaiahs stop swimming, you'll get a film of glass sprinkles on the top. That's not good."
#10080
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⚐ Report//bringing up technique for diffeq problem Schwartz: This is one of those things that we learned in the last five minutes.
#10079
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⚐ Report//when prompted for animals, someone suggests "thirteen" Schwartz: You will find that the more ridiculous the suggestion, the more likely I am to take it. //later, commentary on model based on thirteen as animal Schwartz: Bacteria are generally a better model of population growth than animals. Student: Thirteens are bacteria. Schwartz: How could I not have known that thirteens are bacteria? Of course!
#10078
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⚐ Report// People are talking about how they did on the Rose quiz Rao: Can you guys stop talking about math? Rao: Either you guys failed the test or you didn't.