Posted on August 28th, 2008 by holtgeerts
Capt. Joe Kittinger\’s Free Fall
In 1960, Capt. Joe Kittinger rode a helium balloon 20 miles up from New Mexico. Then he jumped out for a 4:37 freefall before using his parachute.
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Posted on May 26th, 2008 by holtgeerts
Check out the 60-Minutes report pertaining to the new workforce here in America at http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/08/60minutes/main3475200.shtml
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Posted on December 13th, 2007 by holtgeerts
Sorry for the long time off in updating my blog, but other responsibilities have taken up a bigger part of my workday.
This MIT for High School website is very helpful for students and teachers. Check it out!
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/hs/home/home/index.htm
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Posted on September 10th, 2007 by holtgeerts
Here’s the motherload of physics simulations to be found online. A great website to explore from Colorado University.
http://phet.colorado.edu/web-pages/simulation-pages/simulation-index.htm
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Posted on September 2nd, 2007 by holtgeerts
Check out this link to a history of cosmology website.
This site by the American Institute of Physics is very informative. The layout is full of plenty of insights and I highly recommend a few minutes soaking it up. As I looked, I was reminded of the book “Seeing and Believing” by Richard Panek which I [...]
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