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The
Parking Lot
This is the
place where interesting questions go when we don't have the time or background
knowledge to discuss them in class.
You may earn
extra credit by researching one of the following questions,
writing up a summary of the question and your findings (which may take a variety
of DIGITAL forms: typed report, multimedia report, webpage, movie, etc and will
be posted on this website) and presenting this summary to the class. Extra credit
will be assigned based on the thoroughness and quality of your answer and presentation.
(FYI: I enjoy creativity).
You may present your finding to the
class in any form you like, but you should expect the presentation to take between
1 and 5 minutes. Please discuss any technology needs you may have with Mr. Ronneberg
ahead of time and he will try his best to provide what you need (computer, projector,
sound system, demonstration devices/supplies, etc...)
EXtra Credit will NOT be given for
Parking Lot Questions which are presented during the last week of the semester...
This is not meant as a last minute point-boost, rather, it is a way of exploring
a question which is interesting to you and sharing what you learned. You should
expect to spend at least 5 or 6 hours researching and creating your presentation.
Chemistry(ish)
Questions |
Yet
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Answered |
Answered
By / Date |
| Do electrons actually spin?
If not, what does this actually mean? |
What is heavy water and
what is it used for? |
Wendy
Paz - 11/06 |
| Is there a maximum number of
shells to an atom? If so, is it the same for all atoms, or does it vary?
How is it determined? |
Do electrons ever collide
naturally? Can we force them to collide? What happens if they do? |
Leticia
Jaimez- 12/06 |
| What is the nature of the Mass
defect? Where does that extra/missing energy really go and where does it
come from? |
What is the actual shape
of an Electromagnetic Wave? |
Ian
Smale and Vicky Herlitz - 12/06 |
| Can you have energy without
having mass? Can you have mass without energy? |
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| Why don't electron pairs repel eachother? Or if they do, how come they
don't separate? |
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| Why are the heat capacities of solid and gasseous water almost equal,
while the heat capacity of liquid water is about double the other two states? |
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| Why don't electrons crash into the nucleus? |
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How is electronegativity determined? Why doesn't it have units and
what is the reference-point for determining it (e.g. what does having
an EN of 1 mean?) |
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| How are teflon coatings applied to cookware and other metals? (if it is
non-stick, how does it stick to the surface of something?) |
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Physics(ish)
Questions |
Yet
to be answered |
Answered |
Answered
By / Date |
| Is there an upper limit
on Velocity? If so, what conditions need to be met in order to reach this
velocity? |
Would you float
in the center of the earth (if you could withstand the heat and pressure)? |
Katherine
Vilchez- 12/06 |
we know there is a
lower limit to temperature, Is there an upper limit? If so, is it the
same for all things, or does it vary by element? |
If there is no oxygen
in space, how does rocket fuel combust? |
Natalie Asai |
| How do escalators maintain a
constant speed? While this may not seem like a real tricky question, think
about the fact that the amount of mass on an escalator is always changing,
and think about the fact that F=ma. How come the escalator doesn't slow
down when someone gets on? |
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| How do Frictional forces change as a function of speed? Are there differences
between how speed effects air/fluid friction and sliding friction? What
equations govern this behavior? |
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| Do our bodies have an "internal
pressure"? if so, how is it created and how much is it? |
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| Why are speakers shaped like
concave cones? Why not just be flat? why not be convex? |
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