Re: entropy

[David Bowman <dbowman@tiger.gtc.georgetown.ky.us>]

Leigh asked me:

> ...and to put this all back into its original context, you would not
> suggest teaching *any* of this to high school students, would you?
> You are talking about college undergraduates, aren't you?

Yes, college students taking lower level physics courses are what I had in
mind.  I had thought we were discussing college students since Joel R. had
asked for feedback for him to ponder before he starts teaching his beginning
college students about entropy in 2 weeks.  I can't say how much, if any, of
what I was talking about should be transfered to high school students.  I don't
know how much thermo H. S. students are typically expected to study and know.
It has been too long for me to remember my own experience with H. S. thermo.
:-(

David Bowman
dbowman@gtc.georgetown.ky.us