Articles Tagged with mathematics

Providing proof

Published on October 23, 2018October 23, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

If-then-therefore

Doing proofs in Geometry class is hard. Teaching how to do them is harder.

Why teach errors?

Published on October 2, 2018October 2, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Outdated, still in use

We look for reasons to teach things that aren’t true.

Divisable numbers

Published on September 25, 2018September 24, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

How many whats in a which?

In actual use, the decimal system is not always the best.

The danger of mathematics

Published on September 11, 2018September 6, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Ask a simple question

We wind up unexpectedly far from home.

The best learning

Published on August 14, 2018August 14, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

The best teaching?

Our tutor ponders methods and results.

Libraries and long walks

Published on July 24, 2018July 24, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

An unnecessary problem

Scientists sometimes set themselves problems just to learn.

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.

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.

Hawking radiation – I

Published on March 27, 2018March 26, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

The fame of a physicist

Prof. Stephen Hawking, the famous physicist, died this month. But why was he famous?

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.

Five Colors Science & Technology

Beyond the usual spectrum