COSMIC QUEST THINKER
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  • Make a Slide Rule Activity
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  • Water Usage Activity
  • Electrical Power Usage Activity
  • Ratios & Proportions Activity - Scale Map Activity
  • Quest for a New Tool in the Classroom
  • The Pi Project Activity
  • Probability Math Exercise
  • Statistics and the Slide Rule
  • Biology and Population Study Activity
  • Estimate a Tree's No. of Leaves Activity
  • Elodea Photosynthesis Activity
  • Yeast Respiration Activity
  • Model of Measuring a Small Size Activity
  • Carbon 14 Consideration Exercise
  • Logarithm Product & Powers Activities
  • Least Number of Scales ( Log Rules ) Activity
  • Density Activities
  • Archimedes Principle Activity
  • Charles Law Activity
  • Conservation of Mass Activity
  • Acceleration on an Incline Activity
  • Constant Speed Activity
  • Acceleration due to Gravity Activity
  • Pendulum Period Activity
  • Weight of Car from Air Pressure & Ruler Activity
  • Vector Addition & Right Triangles Exercise & Activity
  • Newton's 2nd Law Activity
  • Coefficient of Friction Activity
  • Lever Activity
  • Conservation of Momentum Activity
  • Mechanical Energy Activity
  • Elastic Potential Energy ( & Hooke's Law ) Activity
  • Graphical Analysis of a Bouncing Ball Activities
  • Work Measurement on Incline Activity
  • The Efficiency Project Activity
  • Energy & Power Stair Climb Activity
  • Hot & Cold Water Combo Energy Activity
  • Rate of Heating Activity
  • Specific Heat Capacity of Water Activity
  • Specific Heat Capacity of Metal Activity
  • Rate of Cooling Activity
  • Electrostatic Charge Activity
  • Leyden Jar Activity
  • Simple Battery Activity
  • Ohm's Law Activity
  • Electromagnet Activity
  • Electric Motor Acitivity
  • Simple Magnetic Field Strength Activity
  • Galvanometer - Voltmeter Activity
  • Spring Wave Speed Activity
  • Speed of Sound in Air Activity
  • Snell's Law Activity
  • Lens Ray Diagram Activity
  • Inverse Square Law of Light Activity
  • Solar Cell Activities
  • Wavelength of Light Determination Activity
  • Build a Radio Project Activity
  • The Kepler Activity
  • Size of the Moon Activity
  • Solar Constant Activity
  • Sundial Activity
  • Stellar Distances from Magnitude Activity
  • The Idea of an Activity-based Classroom
  • Other Class Ideas

                                                        Cosmic Quest Thinker

The Goals

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This space is here to present information about the Slide Rule, Math, Science, Astronomy, and Education matters. Each of the pages presents a different article I ( Bryan Purcell ) have written about such topics. In them one will find the history, use, and importance of the Slide Rule and how it can be used in the classroom today. There are illustrations through Activities and Exercises using common items and doing problem solving and ideas as well. The Activities span all of Newtonian Physics, as well as exploring areas in Astronomy, Chemistry, and Biology. From Math, it looks to and uses Algebra, Statistics, and Geometry. Though the Activities mostly require common items, such as water, marbles, string, rulers, stopwatches, and the like they need parental permission and supervision, plus a motivated person who enjoys science and math. These Activities move a scientific mind from the conceptual to the mathematical. Enjoy.
Like any site being conducted by a scientist - writer - mathematician - teacher, this is one that will evolve in time as I learn and grow with it.
Enjoy and Thanks for Visiting

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