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I am the physics professor in question...and I just want to clarify what
trevor wrote.
While I do ask students, via clickers, about moon phases and the majority get
it wrong, I do not say
that physicists miss this question. We then go on to a detailed explanation
as to how the moon phases
occur before doing a group activity on the topic.
My comment about physicsts getting it wrong relates to an interactive
demonstration that I do with a
slinky.
David Marx
Physics Department
Illinois State University
On 2 Jun 2008 at 10:58, Trevor Fink wrote:
My physics professor asked us one question: Why does the moon go through
phases? The majority of us got it wrong. It was important that he told us
that the question was asked to a room full of leading physicists and many of
them got it wrong. It made us feel like ok, maybe I'm not that big of a
moron and I'm capable of learning this. If his story was true or not, I
don't know.
I just went and tested the quizzes, these are my findings:
Appropriate for a 5th grader or, as the test indicates, to familiarize an
http://www.eslcafe.com/quiz/science1.html
ESL student.
This IQ test is not like any other I've ever taken and requires the student
http://www.1001funquizzes.com/free-iq-test?gatherer_id=100332&gclid=CJfijN32
1Z
MCFQytGgod6E8qiQ
to know pop culture, state nicknames, and classic jazz. Further, it
requires you to sign up for a special offer at the end to see your score. I
guess I'll never know...
Fairly easy, but I missed one.
http://triviapark.com/quizzes/qzs1x/q1.html
This was the most fun because of the format and had the best questions, IMHO
http://education.jlab.org/million/question.php?99254515
A large compellation of quizzes.
http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/sci__tech/miscellaneous_science.html
Trevor
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