Fun Science-y Ideas
Fun Science-y Ideas
(OP)
I was going to resurrect this thread: thread730-288029: Experiment for Schoolchildren Edutainment but it was closed to comments. I just wanted to add one more idea that I stumbled across the other day: calculating Pi by throwing frozen hotdogs (because, frankly, who doesn't want to throw hot dogs, pun intended!).
http://www.wikihow.com/Calculate-Pi-by-Throwing-Fr...
Regards,
K
http://www.wikihow.com/Calculate-Pi-by-Throwing-Fr...
Regards,
K





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John R. Baker, P.E.
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Actually I was just about to put up another post here, and included in that list is "Fermi Questions".
Without further ado, see this website for a whole list of activities: http://www.physics.uwo.ca/science_olympics/events/...
K
RE: Fun Science-y Ideas
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
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I'm young enough to have never used a slide rule in anger. All hand held calculators in college. I expect myself and engineers under me (and over me) to know when something is off by an order of magnitude.
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BTW, if you ever feel you'd like to learn how to use a slide rule but you either won't or can't find a place to buy one, they now have cell-phone app's for that. On my iPhone I have the 'Virtual Slide Rule' app from Gushiku Studios LLC. And if your skills are a bit rusty, they even include tutorials showing you how to use a slide rule.
Or you could just go online:
http://www.antiquark.com/sliderule/sim/virtual-sli...
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
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I've also never used a slide rule (obviously, from my first sentence) but I've had no issues with estimating orders of magnitude. I know this "skill" was covered in several grade school topics, and sure came in handy when writing exams! Of course it's handy for on the job too.
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