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Happy to see you here! Drop a reply down below to say hi and introduce yourself. I'll start. I'm Ian and my 10yo daughter said she wanted to be a scientist but she hates math. I said, that's fine if you don't like it, but give me a chance to show you what it really is before you decide. Six months later she's coming up with conjectures and asking me to explain calculus to her. So i thought I'd start a community to help others see that math and science are about fun, creativity and curiosity.
Under Pressure
We live under constant pressure, physically, from the weight of the atmosphere. We can demonstrate how much by imploding a can with nothing but atmospheric pressure. It turns out this pressure is the weight of several elephants pushing on us all the time.
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Learn Exponential Growth with Paper Folding
Here's a simple activity that demonstrates both exponential growth and decay by folding a piece of paper in half a many times as possible. Also, today I'm joined by some special guests, Hansel and Pretzel, the science bunnies. I could only do it 6 times, can you get higher?
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Do Science, Save the World
I wanted to demonstrate how anyone can use a little science to drive change. This is a simple science experiment that started with an observation - there's always a little water left in a water bottle. The result is if 1/4 of all discarded water bottles have a small amount of water left in them and the cap is not taken off, then we are losing an Olympic-sized swimming pool every 12 hours. That's the amount of water needed for 8 million people lost every year. Not good, but people don't know. See for yourself and spread the word.
Win at "I Spy" every time!
Here's a method to always win at the game, I Spy, and at the same time secretly learn about something called exponential decay. A mathematical concept that applies to everything from the cooling of a cup of coffee to radioactivity decay.
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