Mr. Holtgeerts' Classes » Uncategorized http://jholtgeerts.edublogs.org Mr. Holtgeerts' Classes '07-'08 School Year Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:32:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Free Fall From 102,000 Feet! http://jholtgeerts.edublogs.org/2008/08/28/free-fall-from-102000-feet/ http://jholtgeerts.edublogs.org/2008/08/28/free-fall-from-102000-feet/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:44:05 +0000 holtgeerts http://jholtgeerts.edublogs.org/?p=114 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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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

 

 

]]> http://jholtgeerts.edublogs.org/2008/05/26/the-millinnials-are-coming-report-on-60-minutes/feed/ 0 MIT Open CouseWare for High School http://jholtgeerts.edublogs.org/2007/12/13/mit-open-couseware-for-high-school/ http://jholtgeerts.edublogs.org/2007/12/13/mit-open-couseware-for-high-school/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:38:25 +0000 holtgeerts http://jholtgeerts.edublogs.org/2007/12/13/mit-open-couseware-for-high-school/ 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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]]> http://jholtgeerts.edublogs.org/2007/12/13/mit-open-couseware-for-high-school/feed/ 0 PHET Physics Simulations http://jholtgeerts.edublogs.org/2007/09/10/phet-physics-simulations/ http://jholtgeerts.edublogs.org/2007/09/10/phet-physics-simulations/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:16:22 +0000 holtgeerts http://jholtgeerts.edublogs.org/2007/09/10/phet-physics-simulations/ 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

]]> http://jholtgeerts.edublogs.org/2007/09/10/phet-physics-simulations/feed/ 0 Cosmic Journey Website by the AIP http://jholtgeerts.edublogs.org/2007/09/02/cosmic-journey-website-by-the-aip/ http://jholtgeerts.edublogs.org/2007/09/02/cosmic-journey-website-by-the-aip/#comments Sun, 02 Sep 2007 21:25:43 +0000 holtgeerts http://jholtgeerts.edublogs.org/2007/09/02/cosmic-journey-website-by-the-aip/  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 read several years ago.  The basic premise of the book is that advances in telescope making have paralleled advances in civilization throughout history.

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