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Atheist Physics Teacher: July 2009

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Ideas and rants from a high school physics teacher. From the Archives: July 23. Labels: from the archives. I used to think that a blog had to be specialized; that I needed different blogs to present different ideas. Hogwash! In my local paper, The Long Island Advance. From 100 Years Ago:. Charles F. McNeil fell from a motorcycle in the rear of Roe's Hotel and was bruised up a bit. Links to this post. Bible Genealogy, v 4.0. Labels: bible for atheists. This just keeps getting bigger and bigger. This v...

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Atheist Physics Teacher: QuarkNet 2010: Day 2

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Ideas and rants from a high school physics teacher. QuarkNet 2010: Day 2. There's felt inside which will increase the surface area of the alcohol to aid in its evaporation. After lunch we assembled the light strip that we'll use to illuminate the fog, making the tracks easier to see. Another QuarkNet veteran prepared the wood and provided us with excellent instructions. We had to do a little wiring and soldering, but it was pretty easy. Here's the light strip:. Added to the setup from yesterday we have:.

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Atheist Physics Teacher: June 2009

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Ideas and rants from a high school physics teacher. I went into the city ("the city" = NYC, of course) Monday night for Andrew's birthday. We met one of his Canadian friends in Washington Square Park, and there were some people standing around the entrances handing out flyers or something. This is common urban areas, so I just ignored them as I walked by. There's nothing offensive about it. It's just a harmless advertisement for the Times Square Church. I like it because of the clever(? Links to this post.

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Atheist Physics Teacher: Long Term Energy Plan

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Ideas and rants from a high school physics teacher. Long Term Energy Plan. People are not going to like this, but something has to be done. Encourage the production of more nuclear power plants now that the moratorium is over. Nuclear energy is not the long term solution, but it is a major step in achieving oil/coal independence. There are so many reasons to build new nuclear plants:. Three Mile Island was a success, not a failure. Of course things might go wrong; people make mistakes and equipment m...

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Atheist Physics Teacher: QuarkNet 2010: Day 1

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Ideas and rants from a high school physics teacher. QuarkNet 2010: Day 1. I'm participating in QuarkNet 2010 this week at Stony Brook University. QuarkNet is a workshop they have been running since 1999 (I think) for high school physics and chemistry teacher, and pre-service teacher as well. This year each participant is building a cloud chamber which we'll use to measure the momentum of cosmic rays. Here's the basics about how the cloud chamber works:. Look for more updates as the week progresses. Quark...

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Atheist Physics Teacher: May 2010

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Ideas and rants from a high school physics teacher. So I've had my blog up and running again for six weeks, and I think I have posted something every weekday. I'm pretty proud of that, even if some days I just posted a funny picture or Youtube video. About a month ago I signed up at StatCounter.com. In total I have had 878 page loads, 482 visitors, and 58 returning visitors these past thirty days. And before anyone suggests it StatCounter.com does not. Count me in those numbers. Links to this post. The v...

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Atheist Physics Teacher: July 2010

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Ideas and rants from a high school physics teacher. QuarkNet 2010: Day 4. Today we built a very important part of the cloud chamber apparatus: the magnetometer. This instrument will allow us to measure the strength of the magnetic field on the surface of our plate where the cosmic rays will be detected. It's important to know the strength of the magnetic field so that we can calculate the momentum of the particles. The greater the magnetic field strength, the more the charged particles will curve. Someon...

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Atheist Physics Teacher: April 2009

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Ideas and rants from a high school physics teacher. I have been putting off making a higher quality sketch of Becker for a few days because the first sketch I did turned out great and I wasn't sure I could do it again. He just has so many distinguishing features: the goatee, the glasses,. The smug look of a douche bag. I hope he likes it. Links to this post. I have preliminary sketches for Andrew and Becker and Meier, and those will be up soon. I think that is all for now. Links to this post. Becker stay...

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Atheist Physics Teacher: Should NPR Receive Federal Funding? Maybe not.

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Ideas and rants from a high school physics teacher. Should NPR Receive Federal Funding? Follow this link to NPR's Planet Money website and listen to Friday's podcast: The Friday Podcast: Economists On Federal Funding For NPR. Seriously. Go listen to it, and then come back here. Interesting stuff, right? In case you didn't listen to the podcast ( GO LISTEN TO THE PODCAST! They start by defining public radio as a "public good". There are two criteria for something to be considered a public good:. I certain...

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Atheist Physics Teacher: QuarkNet 2010: Day 4

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Ideas and rants from a high school physics teacher. QuarkNet 2010: Day 4. Today we built a very important part of the cloud chamber apparatus: the magnetometer. This instrument will allow us to measure the strength of the magnetic field on the surface of our plate where the cosmic rays will be detected. It's important to know the strength of the magnetic field so that we can calculate the momentum of the particles. The greater the magnetic field strength, the more the charged particles will curve. Someon...