Re: [Phys-l] base knowledge erosion

[wlrdavis@earthlink.net]

Shucks, ask your students how far it is from California to New York.  Most of my students guess "millions of miles".



-----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Tarara <rtarara@saintmarys.edu>
> Sent: Mar 1, 2006 10:12 AM
> To: PHYS-L Maillist <phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Phys-l] base knowledge erosion
>
> Forgot this one:
>
> If you really want a shock--ask your class (especially a HS or non-science 
> majors class) to write down the population of the U.S. (or appropriate 
> country) and the World.
>
> (My gen-ed class answered between 2 million and 9 billion [10^9] for the 
> U.S.--only a few were close, but better with the World although the range 
> was 100 million to 65 billion.)
>
> Rick
>
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