P-dog's blog: boring but important

Astronomy and physics education research and comments, field-tested think-pair-share (peer instruction) clicker questions, flashcard questions, in-class activities (lecture-tutorials), current events questions, backwards faded scaffolding laboratories, Hake gains, field-tested multiple-choice and essay exam questions, indices of discrimination, presentation slides, photos, ephemerae, astronomy in the marketplace, unrelated random sketches and minutiae.

20080416

Vacuum in an air-filled room

Dinosaur Comics, by Ryan North
www.qwantz.com
April 16, 2008 (excerpt)

Physics 8A learning goal Q12.1

Ryan North comments on popular unlikely disasters, among them the statistical improbability of experiencing a vacuum in a corner of an air-filled room, and swallowing a black hole.

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P-dog's blog: boring but important

20080416

Vacuum in an air-filled room

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