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Top 10 Quirky Science Tricks

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Show Your Work

“E=mc2 — Very nice, Albert. Next time show your work…” – Albert Einstein’s Chemistry Teacher

Science Test Mistakes

A teacher forwarded this list of comments from test papers, essays, etc, submitted to science and health teachers by elementary, junior high, high school, and college students. As she noted, “It is truly astonishing what [Continued...]

Lattitude and Longitude

The teacher of the earth science class was lecturing on map reading. After explaining about latitude, longitude, degrees and minutes the teacher asked, “Suppose I asked you to meet me for lunch at 23 degrees, [Continued...]

The Philosophy Exam

An eccentric philosophy professor gave a one question final exam after a semester dealing with a broad array of topics.

The class was already seated and ready to go when the professor picked up his chair, [Continued...]

Anaconda Attack

The following is (supposedly) from the US Government Peace Corps Manual for its volunteers who work in the Amazon Jungle. It tells what to do in case you are attacked by an anaconda. Now an [Continued...]

Lesser Known Laws

Okay, you’ve heard of Murphy’s famous Law: Everything that can go wrong will go wrong. Well, there are many other related Laws. Here are some:

After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin [Continued...]