Re: [Phys-l] battery redux and again (part deux)

[ludwik kowalski <kowalskil@mail.montclair.edu>]

On Mar 1, 2007, at 3:40 PM, Marc "Zeke" Kossover wrote:

> From: John Denker <jsd@av8n.com>
>
> > For example, I would be tempted to "explain" that the
> > Fairy Godmother comes down and puts some charge in her Easter
> > basket, carries it to the other terminal, and dumps it out.
>
> [snip]
>
> > I think it is important for students to know
> > what is science and what is not.
>
> As a high school  teacher, I often reach a point where the material is 
> too hard for the students or is mostly in another discipline. I try to 
> sketch what is going on anyway, but I often have to say, "You'll get 
> more of this in chemistry (or biology)."

And in chemistry they say: "As you know from physics, . . . "