The physic errors of Independence Day
For the 4th of July, I found a presentation from Mary Kate DiNorcia and Chris Simonetti on the physic errors in Independence Day.
Enjoy!
It was the last period of a gloomy Tuesday in February. The teacher, a happy, hardworking guy who relished teaching seventh-grade math as much as his students enjoyed learning it from him, let slip an uncharacteristically harsh comment as he flashed through email while students filed into his room. “Another behavior report,” he cursed softly….
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I was submerged in the cozy haze of smartphone addiction, and it’s hard to say how it differed from substance abuse. “Comfort kills, discomfort creates,” wrote Jean Cocteau in his personal account of opium detoxication. So, like someone trying to wean himself off a substance, I started experimenting with discomfort. That’s when I lost the Facebook and Twitter…
I don’t know how I missed it, but Chrome OS version 52 came out back in July. That might now mean much too you, except that it means Chromebooks can now use Google Cast for Education without having to be running beta software. Google Cast for Education allows student Chromebooks to be able to broadcast…
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