Re: [Phys-l] one of my students emailed this to me this morning. anyone have any good answers?

[Michael Barr <zubarsky@gmail.com>]

Keith,
I Can't tell if you are serious or not.  But, I teach in The Bronx, one of
the roughest areas of NYC.  HS dropout rate is really high for boys, and
even higher for Hispanic boys.  We are thrilled when they show curiosity.
If missing punctuation and blowing bubbles is the worst he is doing, he is
doing pretty well.  Many of his peers are in gangs, polishing guns, and
starting a life of crime.  So, I'm just going to try and get him the
answers to his questions.  Thanks.
Mike

On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Dr. Keith S. Taber <kst24@cam.ac.uk> wrote:

> I hope you will offer some advice first on research ethics for
> studies with human subjects. (Consideration of apostrophes or how
> bubbles can be blown IN a face might come after the physics.)
>
> Best wishes
>
>
> Keith
>
>
> At 20:45 -0500 27/11/11, Michael Barr wrote:
> > Hey all,
> > One of my HS students emailed this question to me this morning.  We are
> > studying collisions in class now so I guess this is what sparked his
> > curiosity.  Does anyone have a somewhat simple explanation I can give him?
> >
> >
> > "i was hoping you could help me out with something that i was curious
> > about. i was blowing bubbles in my cousins face while she slept and i
> > began to watch the bubbles. i noticed that they do one of four things
> > when they collide. they bump and move away, they bump and pop, they
> > fuse together into one super bubble or they half-fuse into this weird
> > siamese bubble. what is it that allows them to behave this way?"
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Michael Barr
> >
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