Larry Woolf; General Atomics; 3550 General Atomics Court, San Diego, CA
92121; Phone:858-455-4475; FAX:858-455-4268; http://www.sci-ed-ga.org
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From: Robert Cohen
Unfortunately, sometimes this lesson is learned a bit too early I
think. My son is in second grade. The class was discussing the way water
goes down the drain, so my son observed the water going down all the drains
in the house over several days (weeks...months...) and concluded that it
goes down both ways (clockwise and counterclockwise). His teacher said he
was wrong - it always goes down counterclockwise. He has come to the
conclusion (with my help) that perhaps the teacher has mistakenly thought
that since the wind in a hurricane is always counterclockwise (in the NH),
the water in the drain must likewise drain counterclockwise.