The Elegant Universe | Watch the Program (full-screen)
The Elegant Universe: Part 3 PBS Airdate: November 4, 2003 NARRATOR: Now, on NOVA, take a thrill ride into a world stranger than science fiction, where you play the game by breaking some rules, where a new view of the universe pushes you beyond the limits of your wildest imagination. This is the world of "string theory," a way of describing every force and all matter from an atom to earth, to the end of the galaxies—from the birth of time to its final tick, in a single theory, a "Theory of Everything." BRIAN GREENE (Columbia University): And no matter how many times I come here, I never seem to get used to it. NARRATOR: Can he help us solve the greatest puzzle of modern physics—that our understanding of the universe is based on two sets of laws that don't agree? NARRATOR: Resolving that contradiction eluded even Einstein, who made it his final quest. BRIAN GREENE: We really may live in a universe with more dimensions than meet the eye. S. BRIAN GREENE:The atmosphere was electric. S. S.
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Minimum Wage Machine (Work in Progress) (2008-2010) Custom electronics, change sorter, wood, plexiglas, motor, misc. hardware, pennies. (approx. 15 x 19 x 72 inches) The minimum wage machine allows anybody to work for minimum wage. A copy of the Minimum Wage Machine made in 2013 by students in FACT's Young People's Program, with help from the Freehand Group, Liverpool, UK.
25 Digital Tools For Better Tutoring
Like other areas of education, tutoring has seen some radical changes in the past decade courtesy of new and increasingly innovative technologies. Students and their tutors can now interact at any time and from anywhere in the world, and tutors can create and share educational resources with their students in minutes using high-quality and often low-cost online tools. Learn more about some of the websites and resources that are helping to define the new face of tutoring by reading about a few of the best of these new tools that we’ve collected here. Skype Through Skype, tutors and students don’t even have to be in the same country to interact with one another. In addition to high-quality video chat, the site also makes it easy to share files and even conference in other students or tutors. Here you’ll find another tool that focuses on online tutoring.
How to Debate Without Further Dividing People - Conversation Starter - HarvardBusiness.org
by Nick Morgan | 3:27 PM May 27, 2009 How do you argue your side of an emotional, contentious issue in a way that doesn’t further divide people? President Obama’s recent speech, “Protecting Our Security and Our Values,” delivered at the National Archives on May 21, 2009, was an example of a well-argued speech that unfortunately will only inflame the debate further. The speech is a clearly constructed brief on what the Obama Administration has done to keep America safe — and how it has diverged from the previous administration’s attempts to do exactly the same thing. However you feel about the politics of the matter, if Obama was hoping to still the debate, here’s where he went wrong: Unfortunately, faced with an uncertain threat, our government made a series of hasty decisions. In other words, we went off course. Whether you agree or disagree with the analysis, you have to believe that this does not describe what the previous administration thought it was doing. The bottom line?
Einstein’s Secret to Amazing Problem Solving (and 10 Specific Ways You Can Use It)
Einstein is quoted as having said that if he had one hour to save the world he would spend fifty-five minutes defining the problem and only five minutes finding the solution. This quote does illustrate an important point: before jumping right into solving a problem, we should step back and invest time and effort to improve our understanding of it. Here are 10 strategies you can use to see problems from many different perspectives and master what is the most important step in problem solving: clearly defining the problem in the first place! The Problem Is To Know What the Problem Is The definition of the problem will be the focal point of all your problem-solving efforts. What most of us don’t realize — and what supposedly Einstein might have been alluding to — is that the quality of the solutions we come up with will be in direct proportion to the quality of the description of the problem we’re trying to solve. Problem Definition Tools and Strategies 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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Why Forgetting Is Key To Remembering
Forgetting isn’t usually thought of in relation to learning, but as it turns out, it might play a role. Herman Ebbinghaus, a German experimental psychologist from the late 19th and early 20th century, was (seemingly) curious about the way people remembered. (And thus forgot.) What made our good man Herman unique though was in his method of study–or rather his focus group. Among other projects, Dr. Among Dr. He is also known for his ideas on the rate of forgetting, claiming that 90% of what is learned is forgotten by learners within 30 days–often within hours. The infographic below reviews some of his ideas–how we remember–and how quickly we forget. This is a cross-post from Online Colleges Related posts:
12 Tricks Your Brain is Playing on You - Dumb Little Man
Is your mind playing tricks on you and robbing you of your happiness? Our minds are complex and are often our own worst enemies when it comes to being happy. Really. Check out this list to see if you are being deceived by your own mind! See how our minds play tricks on us?
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Top 10 Town Planning Fails | Pig Jockey
Top 10 Town Planning Fails Posted By Ben Goulding, 5 March, 2010 | permalink Town planning is important to ensure a good economic and social environment for the community, but sometimes it goes wrong. Here are the top 10 town planning fails. Bike Lane Fail – Source Sidewalk Fail – Source Traffic Light Fail – Source Dangerous Bike Lane – Source Speed Limit Fail – Source School Bus Safety Fail – Source Speed cameras not too popular in this town – Source This playground is no place for kids – Source Enter or Exit? Sign Directions Fail – Source Related posts: Posted in: Entertainment Trackbacks & Pingbacks Pingback by Town Planning Fails « CONSPIRAPORN! Comments alois von esterházy March 5, 2010 The speed limit fail is actually no fail at all, a 30 km/h zone sign is quite different from a speed limit sign. blinkky March 6, 2010 That’s really fail…. Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time. Subscribe Subscribe via RSS Follow @pigjockey on Twitter Become a Fan on Facebook Subscribe Via Email Categories Tags
10th Grader Noa Gutow-Ellis: Testing Is Not Learning
Standardized tests are the bane of my existence. Why? Mainly because they don’t show an accurate portrayal of students. Standardized testing came about during the Industrial Revolution when schools were flooded with students and the focus was not on innovative thinking, but rather on preparing students for the manufacturing workforce. Schools were established during the Industrial Revolution to get children out of harm’s way in factories. Standardized tests are a one shot deal. A Necessary Evil? While teachers and administrators often brush off standardized tests as a “necessary evil”, but it doesn’t have to be that way. There are other ways for students to learn more and show what they know. When it came time for the teacher to assess what we learned, he did not give us a traditional test. The real world judges you on the quality of your work, not your ability to regurgitate material. We’re in the 21st century. Let’s act like it. Image attribution flickr user rdecom
