Comments for Montessori Muddle http://MontessoriMuddle.org Middle and High School ... from a Montessori Point of View Thu, 17 May 2012 16:04:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Market vs. Socialist Economy: A simulation game by Lensyl Urbano http://MontessoriMuddle.org/2010/10/15/capitalism-vs-socialism-a-simulation-game/comment-page-1/#comment-105171 Lensyl Urbano Thu, 17 May 2012 16:04:15 +0000 http://MontessoriMuddle.org/?p=2875#comment-105171 It would certainly like to hear any suggestions that might make the simulation more accurate. We try to indoctrinate students with the idea that comments (and criticisms) alone aren't particularly useful. Despite all the problems with this simulation, I think it gets to the essential problem that advocates of socialism have to deal with: how to get everyone invested and participating. It also highlights the primary issue with capitalism -- <a href="http://MontessoriMuddle.org/2011/03/01/distribution-of-wealth/" title="Distribution of Wealth" rel="nofollow">distribution of wealth</a>. The second time I did the simulation my students dealt with this by trying to <a href="http://MontessoriMuddle.org/2011/03/04/someone-start-a-counter-revolution/" title="Someone start a counter-revolution!" rel="nofollow">stage a revolution</a>. It would certainly like to hear any suggestions that might make the simulation more accurate. We try to indoctrinate students with the idea that comments (and criticisms) alone aren’t particularly useful. Despite all the problems with this simulation, I think it gets to the essential problem that advocates of socialism have to deal with: how to get everyone invested and participating. It also highlights the primary issue with capitalism — distribution of wealth. The second time I did the simulation my students dealt with this by trying to stage a revolution.

]]> Comment on Market vs. Socialist Economy: A simulation game by EFW http://MontessoriMuddle.org/2010/10/15/capitalism-vs-socialism-a-simulation-game/comment-page-1/#comment-105097 EFW Thu, 17 May 2012 07:28:00 +0000 http://MontessoriMuddle.org/?p=2875#comment-105097 What a caricature of Socialism. Indoctrinate them young, eh? What a caricature of Socialism. Indoctrinate them young, eh?

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]]> Comment on Periodic Table Spiral Galaxy by Jessica http://MontessoriMuddle.org/2011/09/22/periodic-table-spiral-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-97625 Jessica Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:34:48 +0000 http://MontessoriMuddle.org/?p=6888#comment-97625 This is so beautiful. And I like that quote too! All science is beauty - if we can just see it :) This is so beautiful. And I like that quote too! All science is beauty – if we can just see it :)

]]> Comment on Plate Tectonics and the Earthquake in Japan by mohammad atashin http://MontessoriMuddle.org/2011/03/11/plate-tectonics-and-the-earthquake-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-94314 mohammad atashin Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:24:41 +0000 http://MontessoriMuddle.org/?p=4517#comment-94314 excellent & very helpful tanks a lot excellent & very helpful
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]]> Comment on Global Atmospheric Circulation and Biomes by Lensyl Urbano http://MontessoriMuddle.org/2011/04/21/global-atmospheric-circulation-and-biomes/comment-page-1/#comment-89868 Lensyl Urbano Thu, 29 Mar 2012 02:47:33 +0000 http://MontessoriMuddle.org/?p=5331#comment-89868 I'm happy to help if I can. You can post questions here or <a href="http://montessorimuddle.org/contact-me/" rel="nofollow">email me</a>. I’m happy to help if I can. You can post questions here or email me.

]]> Comment on Global Atmospheric Circulation and Biomes by Kristen Minar http://MontessoriMuddle.org/2011/04/21/global-atmospheric-circulation-and-biomes/comment-page-1/#comment-89781 Kristen Minar Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:46:17 +0000 http://MontessoriMuddle.org/?p=5331#comment-89781 Thanks for this post, it really helped me to understand the atmospheric circulation system a bit better. I am currently studying about it and I am having some difficulty wrapping my head around some of the material. I would very much appreciate it if you could help me answer one question that I do not know how to interpret. Thanks for this post, it really helped me to understand the atmospheric circulation system a bit better. I am currently studying about it and I am having some difficulty wrapping my head around some of the material. I would very much appreciate it if you could help me answer one question that I do not know how to interpret.

]]> Comment on Negative Feedback is Important by Lensyl Urbano http://MontessoriMuddle.org/2011/02/12/negative-feedback-is-important/comment-page-1/#comment-87138 Lensyl Urbano Fri, 23 Mar 2012 02:01:48 +0000 http://MontessoriMuddle.org/?p=4055#comment-87138 Thanks very much for the comment. I presume you're referring to <a href="http://MontessoriMuddle.org/2012/01/22/generating-electricity/" title="Generating Electricity" rel="nofollow">this post</a>. I've endeavored to correct, but I've put a link to your comment above as a more complete explanation. Thanks very much for the comment. I presume you’re referring to this post.

I’ve endeavored to correct, but I’ve put a link to your comment above as a more complete explanation.

]]> Comment on Negative Feedback is Important by Arjen Vreugdenhil http://MontessoriMuddle.org/2011/02/12/negative-feedback-is-important/comment-page-1/#comment-86949 Arjen Vreugdenhil Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:19:01 +0000 http://MontessoriMuddle.org/?p=4055#comment-86949 Good afternoon, Looking for images to use in my physics lecture today I encountered your website. It looks great, but I did see an incorrect statement; I thought I'd let you know. Your site state that a magnetic field is produced by a changing electric field, as in the case of a current flowing through a wire. The first statement is true (Maxwell's law says that a changing electric field induces magnetic field), although it is the least familiar of the basic rules of electricity and magnetism. However, a current flowing through a wire is *not* a changing electric field. Based on the electric field surrounding a wire it is impossible to determine whether there is current or not. (Most likely, there is no electric field, as the wire is overall electrically neutral.) The basic rule is therefore that (1) currents make a magnetic field (Ampere's Law) and (2) changing electric fields make a magnetic field (Maxwell's Law). You cannot derive the one from the other, expect in combination with all laws of electromagnetism and the principle of relativity. Good afternoon,

Looking for images to use in my physics lecture today I encountered your website. It looks great, but I did see an incorrect statement; I thought I’d let you know.

Your site state that a magnetic field is produced by a changing electric field, as in the case of a current flowing through a wire.

The first statement is true (Maxwell’s law says that a changing electric field induces magnetic field), although it is the least familiar of the basic rules of electricity and magnetism. However, a current flowing through a wire is *not* a changing electric field. Based on the electric field surrounding a wire it is impossible to determine whether there is current or not. (Most likely, there is no electric field, as the wire is overall electrically neutral.) The basic rule is therefore that (1) currents make a magnetic field (Ampere’s Law) and (2) changing electric fields make a magnetic field (Maxwell’s Law). You cannot derive the one from the other, expect in combination with all laws of electromagnetism and the principle of relativity.

]]> Comment on Want to See Your DNA? by EV http://MontessoriMuddle.org/2012/03/04/want-to-see-your-dna/comment-page-1/#comment-78864 EV Sun, 04 Mar 2012 13:39:58 +0000 http://MontessoriMuddle.org/?p=9200#comment-78864 We did this earlier in the year. It was amazing to see it work. So easy. We did this earlier in the year. It was amazing to see it work. So easy.

]]> Comment on Scale of the Universe: 62 Orders of Magnitude (1062) by ixtrix http://MontessoriMuddle.org/2012/02/08/scale-of-the-universe-62-orders-of-magnitude-1062/comment-page-1/#comment-71090 ixtrix Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:38:58 +0000 http://MontessoriMuddle.org/?p=8395#comment-71090 Check out this similar app with real pictures: http://cosmicscale.appspot.com/ Check out this similar app with real pictures: http://cosmicscale.appspot.com/

]]> Comment on Global Atmospheric Circulation and Biomes by Lensyl Urbano http://MontessoriMuddle.org/2011/04/21/global-atmospheric-circulation-and-biomes/comment-page-1/#comment-62242 Lensyl Urbano Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:01:31 +0000 http://MontessoriMuddle.org/?p=5331#comment-62242 Thanks. I appreciate the comment. Thanks. I appreciate the comment.

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