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As happy as a student in a messy room

It's mess upon mess in the physics lab today, can't wait to clear it all up at the weekend. I'm not the tidiest person in the world but there are limits. I wonder if there is a limit to untidiness? Probably is. I think I've seen it in some student rooms which maybe why they are so happy. There are lots of theories about how to make good learning environment, well, I think I've found the solution.

Mess

This class also has some interesting IA ideas

  • Cesar, the B field inside a spiral coil
  • Faisal, maximizing the B field in a solenoid for a wire of fixed length
  • Oscar, loss of energy in the Newton's cradle
  • Shafneen, comparing PV curves for different gases.
  • Amelie, modeling avalanches
  • Emelie, double slit interference and angled slits
  • Hrafnhildur, falling balloons
  • Yael, rotational inertia of a ballet dancer
  • Yash, vibrating wires and wire diameter
  • Nane, simulating gases in Algodoo

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