Move Over Jason Bourne

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Bad science in Movies

A nice paper published by a couple of physicists in Florida, talking about science in movies, and how very simple facts were ignored...

Paper

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Tuesday 20/6/07 Period 1&2 – Physics Yr12 – Room D2

Work on the set of photocopies attached for atomic physics.

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Tuesday 20/6/07 Period 3&4 – Science Yr8 – Room D1

Make a description of simple and fractional distillation using the book, making a diagram of both apparatus used.

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Tuesday 29/5/07 Period 5&6 – Physics Yr10 – Room D1

Read the chapter on Electric Current. Do the exercises at the end of the chapter.

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Tuesday 29/5/07 Period 3&4 – Science Yr8 – Room D1

Finish reading the chapter on Covalent Bonding. Do the exercises throughout the chapter.

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Tuesday 29/5/07 Period 2 – Physics Yr9 – Room D2

Read Chapter on Velocity and Acceleration. Do the exercises at the end of the chapter

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Large Hadron Collider

There is a great article on the New York Times about the LHC particle accelerator being built in Geneva, at the CERN facility.
Here's the link.
Please let me know if you can view it.

Big Bang and other stories...

Some reflections on the origin of the universe... beware... only for those addicted... it contains seriously complicated vocabulary :)

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How do we prove something?

A link to a very interesting blog called Cosmic Variance, which discusses the issue of proof.
Read it, we can discuss it in Tuesday's meetings.

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New Planet!

An new planet has been discovered around a red dwarf star. It is bigger than the earth, but not by too much.

Now, hundreds of planets have been found outside the solar system, what's the big fuzz about this one?
Well, this one can have oceans. Why? Because it has a temperature that can be anywhere between 0 and 40 ºC, and a rocky surface, since it is not a gas giant (as are the ones found already).
The planet takes 13 days to orbit around its sun, that a very short year indeed! There are two other planets in the system.
So expect to hear a lot more about this newfound home!

Click on the link for more information!