Re: Teaching Ocean Tides

[sample@lyon.edu (John D. Sample)]

> But *later* some conscientious teacher is going to have to unteach that
> stuff along with all the cartoon physics the kids learned from TV.

Now there is an interesting idea.  A lot of people have been talking about
video analysis using videos of objects falling, colliding, etc.  Has
anybody tried this with cartoons to show that the characters are violating
the laws of physics?  It might make an interesting project to "discover"
the cartoon laws which apply to the roadrunner in a particular case.
> Just me in the corner babbling -- with flame retardant suit on.
>
>
> Jim.Green@Snow.edu

And the babbling continues...

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