^{John B. Taylor - Quarknet}

Physics at Memorial, year 2002 . . .


From the classroom to 21st century Physics!

A          directory

Cosmic Ray Detector News & Student Work -see section E - Cosmic Ray Detector News & Student Work - see section E - Cosmic Ray Detector News & Student Work - see section E

Special Topical (by students) Directory

B.           main links  (directory below)                               E-mail  
Quarknet at IU
IU Physics Department                                jtaylor@elkhart.k12.in.us   or
Elkhart Memorial H. S.                                jbtaylor007@hotmail.com

      IU connection - Prof. Van Kooten
Comments: rvankoot@indiana.edu , Home Page

C.           other links
http://www.lbl.gov/abc/cosmic/        Very similar device to the cosmic ray detector we will be building to meet the needs of the Berkeley group, with a slightly different goal.
http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/RealTime/Jtrack/welcome.html        Find the space station in real time!
http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/            help in the search for green men as a screen saver SETI
http://www.heavens-above.com/               a german site for satellites/ sky charts
http://www.geocities.com/einstein46514 (a page by John Damalas and Robert Eaton on Special Relativity)
And another great site related to us by Robbie and John on Special Relativity:
http://physics.syr.edu/courses/modules/LIGHTCONE/java/TwinParadox.html

See bottom of page for posted notes - sections F and G!

Sky: We have had a couple clowdy skies that caused us to miss out on meteor showers and a partial solar eclipse, but watch Orion and Jupiter come up in the East as the sun sets!

Here's a nice site to visit for sky info:

http://www.learnwhatsup.com/astro/ or try

Problem solving - everyone ultimately learns the importance of being complete, showing work on paper, not trusting calculations to be worked on the screen of your calculator. Save time and heed the lesson NOW! The pay-off is worth it - BIG time. So, follow the Four steps:

1. Sketch - make the problem visual to guide your thinking
2. Write down (identify) what you know - then consider what is relevant
3. Write down (identify) what you do not know and want to find!
4. Solve, putting numbers in LAST- get the equations and relationships that make connections, manipulate (algebra), then plug in your values and solve for your answer (check units please!)

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john taylor 12-21-2001 10:30pm