tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319994752225962782.post2969578355685832175..comments2022-11-19T05:12:18.485-08:00Comments on Jana Dean's Classroom: To Teachers: A Little Fun with MathJana Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07017647547123013295noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319994752225962782.post-85585506283623859302007-02-15T20:06:00.000-08:002007-02-15T20:06:00.000-08:00Yea Jana!I am so glad it is only -37 C. Digging s...Yea Jana!<BR/>I am so glad it is only -37 C. Digging sounds like a vary good idea at that kind of temperature.<BR/><BR/>I found two fascinating links -- both of which play with numbers and paint a context for human-induced climate change:<BR/><BR/>1. http://www.globalpublicmedia.com/lectures/461<BR/>A fascinating man that does some wonderful number games with exponential growth. The concept of growth (expressed in %) permeates our adult culture.. economic growth, population growth, growth in energy demand. If something is growing at 7% (like energy demand) how long does it take to double?<BR/><BR/>2. Some beautiful pictures that illustrate large numbers of things... eeek!<BR/><BR/>http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php?id=7<BR/><BR/>"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same god who has endowed us with sense, reason and intellect has intended us to forgo their use" -- GalileoP. Cereghinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09417669007568563371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319994752225962782.post-48872011297134606132007-02-15T13:36:00.000-08:002007-02-15T13:36:00.000-08:00i cant belive how cold it is up there and hope tha...i cant belive how cold it is up there and hope that you are having fun in the cold weather192011https://www.blogger.com/profile/13632146761097840126noreply@blogger.com