Articles Tagged with learning

Alternate methods

Published on July 17, 2018July 17, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

The answer or the process?

When there’s more than one way to get there, you have to choose. This can be confusing or useful.

Transistors, candles and light bulbs

Published on May 1, 2018May 1, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Simple or complicated

Which would you rather explain?

Cast iron and Coca-Cola®

Published on April 17, 2018April 16, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Chemistry and Physics

We perpetuate some stereotypes about scientists.

Hawking radiation – II

Published on April 3, 2018April 2, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Black holes to the rescue

We contine with an explanation of why Stephen Hawking is famous among physicists.

Only a test

Published on March 20, 2018March 19, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Asking the questions

Making a test can be harder than taking it.

The pot, the photograph and the on-line video

Published on March 13, 2018March 12, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Following directions

Old cast iron and new social media.

The rabbit in the Moon

Published on March 6, 2018March 4, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Habits of seeing

What do you see when you look at the Moon?

Knowing what you know

Published on February 13, 2018February 11, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Your own limits

Are you really almost there, or just starting out?

Learning for yourself

Published on January 30, 2018January 30, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

In class and out of class

Our tutoring consultant remarks on different ways of learning.

Cutting it short

Published on December 19, 2017December 18, 2017 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

How is a poster like a sonnet?

Our astronomer struggles to fit into a limited space.

Five Colors Science & Technology

Beyond the usual spectrum