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I hope everyone is having a great Spring Break. I’ve definitely enjoyed my week “off” so far by hanging out with MH and Anna. Have a great rest of your week (and get some rest). See you all on Tuesday!

Have a great spring break!

Remember, your 2 minute presentations and list of sources (MLA format) are due tomorrow. Also remember that you all are awesome.

Here is a link to the presentation I had for you in class today: http://public.iwork.com/document/?a=p103636129&d=Light.key Make sure to review slides 18 and 19!

Huge news… Scientists supersize quantum mechanics : Nature News: “A team of scientists has succeeded in putting an object large enough to be visible to the naked eye into a mixed quantum state of moving and not moving. Andrew Cleland at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and his team cooled a tiny metal paddle [...]

Found this on National Geographic (nice graphics on their site demonstrating some of this) in relation to our discussions about the earth’s poles… Pole Shift Vs. Pole Reversal | Ends of the Earth — National Geographic Channel: “A pole shift is sometimes confused with a pole reversal, in which the magnetic poles switch places, so [...]

Pretty cool use of an NXT… …Niko, the N900-powered Lego robot, looks poised to take over Twitter (video) — Engadget: “a machine called Niko that has Lego Mindstorm NXT 2.0 components for a body and an N900 for a brain. The bot has been under construction for a few weeks but it has just made [...]

Your 2 Minute Presentation is Due Next Thursday March 25, 2010 – 2 Web Sources *No copy / pasting! *Wikipedia is a Reference Source (for Section III) – 2 “Real” Book Sources *No copy / pasting! *Use our Library EXTENSIVELY. – 2 Reference Sources *Wikipedia, etc (No copy / pasting!). *“Real” book or online sources [...]

Tomorrow we’ll be wrapping up on our brief tour of the history of electromagnetism. Please make sure to review your notes in case I have a *SURPRISE* for you in class. In the meantime, go watch this lecture: Fantastic.

History of Electromagnetism Part 2 from Sam Harrelson on Vimeo. Keep reviewing your notes!