tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78002309481498381332024-02-20T07:28:39.054+00:00Match Wits with the KidsThe ideal read for anyone feeling threatened by know-it-all children
by Jonathan GreenJonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.comBlogger200125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800230948149838133.post-84761811486453956982016-04-15T16:27:00.003+01:002016-04-15T16:27:37.325+01:00It's all a matter of scaleThis is cool...<br />
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Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800230948149838133.post-52260016388296495552014-07-05T15:52:00.003+01:002014-07-05T15:53:00.952+01:00Useless, maybe. Boring, never!<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/n9OPR56rOe0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800230948149838133.post-62370196473036427162014-03-03T09:28:00.000+00:002014-03-03T09:28:00.155+00:00Did you know...?<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/BuAjsaTLHnQ" width="560"></iframe>Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800230948149838133.post-56703409344858205162014-02-28T09:24:00.003+00:002014-02-28T09:24:54.121+00:00The Necessity of Doubt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800230948149838133.post-77545318655307516102014-02-20T09:56:00.000+00:002014-02-20T09:56:27.395+00:00Experience just how big the universe is in one mind-blowing interactiveMind-blowing is certainly the (compound) word I would use to describe <a href="http://www.policymic.com/articles/81873/experience-just-how-big-the-universe-is-in-one-mind-blowing-interactive">it</a>. I find it amazing that there are stars with diameters greater than the distance between Earth and the Sun. And I love the way that's things are compared in size that you might never have considered comparing before, such as Halley's Comet, Deimos (Mars's second moon), and Mount Everest...<br />
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To check out this amazing interactive for yourself,<a href="http://www.policymic.com/articles/81873/experience-just-how-big-the-universe-is-in-one-mind-blowing-interactive"> follow this link</a>.<br />
<br />Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800230948149838133.post-65528519344712377212014-02-20T09:43:00.000+00:002014-02-20T09:43:02.971+00:00ScaryWatch the video <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2014/01/31/268356264/a-hunk-of-planet-dissolves-before-our-eyes?ft=1&f=1007">'Chasing Ice'</a> and never think about Global Warming in quite the same way ever again.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/hC3VTgIPoGU" width="560"></iframe>Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800230948149838133.post-87051449051893249822014-01-05T09:00:00.000+00:002014-01-05T09:00:00.905+00:00Match Wits With The Kids<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLM0fq3Oom9heIVC_kIEchKfUwO-USKRoTR8ZAHXZIbW8rIae5yfOP-oNsiikOOq3K7aIpWC5VkzLNT7bdoABWTvQOlrcr8VeWNOxT1t5_UC0oa3cjcHvhtDvCk2GO9a5eGH-idq8edJZ7/s1600/Match+Wits.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLM0fq3Oom9heIVC_kIEchKfUwO-USKRoTR8ZAHXZIbW8rIae5yfOP-oNsiikOOq3K7aIpWC5VkzLNT7bdoABWTvQOlrcr8VeWNOxT1t5_UC0oa3cjcHvhtDvCk2GO9a5eGH-idq8edJZ7/s320/Match+Wits.jpg" width="219" /></a>It's been more than five years since my revision guide <i><a href="http://astore.amazon.co.uk/jongreaut-21/detail/1848310005">Match Wits With The Kids</a></i> was published, but some are still discovering the book for the first time. The latest review appeared back in November last year.<br />
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I love the phrase 'walking question mark'... If you'd like to pick up a copy of <i><a href="http://astore.amazon.co.uk/jongreaut-21/detail/1848310005">Match Wits With The Kids</a></i>, click this link.<br />
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Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800230948149838133.post-16431877959826929052014-01-04T08:05:00.000+00:002014-01-04T08:05:00.970+00:0012 Mistakes Nearly Everyone Who Writes About Grammar Mistakes MakesRead them for yourself <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathon-owen/grammar-mistakes_b_4312009.html">here</a>.<br />
<br />Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800230948149838133.post-23048179519027869792014-01-03T07:59:00.000+00:002014-01-03T07:59:14.150+00:00Learning has never been so much fun, apparently.What can I say? It's sexist, it objectifies women, but I can see how <a href="http://www.shockmansion.com/2013/11/29/learning-has-never-been-so-much-fun-chicks-and-facts-40-photos/">this approach to education</a> might appeal to a teenage boy, for example.<br />
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<br />Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800230948149838133.post-83723587420496769842013-11-30T20:26:00.001+00:002013-12-01T09:03:57.161+00:00Do you know your counties from your countries?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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How good's your Geography of the UK? More to the point, can you locate the counties of England on a map?<br />
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Well, can you? <a href="http://www.lizardpoint.com/geography/england-quiz.php">Follow this link to find out...</a><br />
<br />Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800230948149838133.post-53624231988051409352013-10-21T09:01:00.000+01:002013-10-21T09:01:12.092+01:00What each country leads the world inControversial? Definitely. But also quite a lot of fun, if viewed with tongue firmly in cheek.<br />
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For a close-up version of the map,<a href="http://thedoghousediaries.com/large/5414.png"> follow this link</a>.Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800230948149838133.post-36113690606878678532013-08-15T08:15:00.001+01:002013-08-15T08:16:17.965+01:00The Entire History of the World Distilled Into a Single Gorgeous Chart (Allegedly)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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(A slightly clearer copy of the Histomap can be found <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2013/08/12/the_1931_histomap_the_entire_history_of_the_world_distilled_into_a_single.html">here</a>.)Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800230948149838133.post-4356779453189163022013-08-12T12:13:00.000+01:002013-08-12T12:13:02.703+01:00Happy Birthday Erwin Schrödinger!Google celebrates <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?hl=en&tab=ww#bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&ct=erwin_schrdingers_126th_birthday-2002007-hp&fp=5b70968a870a59de&hl=en&oi=ddle&q=Erwin+Schr%C3%B6dinger">Erwin Schrödinger's 126th birthday</a>...
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<br />Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800230948149838133.post-31075278414916555122013-08-12T12:07:00.003+01:002013-08-12T12:07:43.107+01:00Thank goodness for teachers!<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/VeK759FF84s" width="420"></iframe>Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800230948149838133.post-77602410007679476342013-07-20T22:41:00.000+01:002013-07-20T22:41:32.489+01:0010 Urban Legends about Famous Scientists<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We've all heard stories about killers in the back seat, but hapless heroines aren't the only ones who spawn urban legends. There are a number of urban legends about famous scientists. Some are funny, some are mere inaccuracies, and some are about committing murder by accident.<br />
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To find out more <a href="http://io9.com/10-urban-legends-about-famous-scientists-834494406">click this link</a>.<br />
<br />Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800230948149838133.post-53499747762990546722013-06-17T11:09:00.001+01:002013-06-17T11:09:22.964+01:00Three Cheers for Teachers Everywhere!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800230948149838133.post-25127979275261866942013-06-10T16:11:00.002+01:002013-06-10T16:11:37.971+01:00Precision: The Measure of All Things<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_du_Sautoy">Professor Marcus du Sautoy</a> - who is effectively a numerical evangelist, as well as a master storyteller - once again takes an unappetising premise and turns it into educational gold. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">'Precision: The Measure of All Things' </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">explores humanity's obsession with compartmentalising the environment into ever-more-precise units of measurement - from the first cave paintings of the Cro-Magnons, to today's atomic clocks. In the first edition, du Sautoy charts the history of the metre and the second, and examines scientists' continuing efforts to redefine how time and length are quantified.</span><br />
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To read more about this story, <a href="http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-05/bacterium-sized-bunny-could-be-future-bionic-brains?src=SOC&dom=tw">click here</a>.<br />
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Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800230948149838133.post-25327777803497717852013-05-15T20:26:00.000+01:002013-05-15T20:26:45.907+01:00The Modern Periodic Table<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800230948149838133.post-72656124522975315752013-05-15T09:00:00.000+01:002013-05-15T09:00:10.387+01:00Ten questions on grammar<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhupL4zWfALcqvLHf_liWi8G6eW8FhLLydaPBJ3u8skfesdRJ5SgXLitjWIE3-zhS5Rqz4YQzcCu1w6pt16QeNGtBLl8tSPAWNY3k8TkpXAkqPT-8uTJVh7ikE0lRN6ghJF_apn43_YGWge/s1600/Grammar2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhupL4zWfALcqvLHf_liWi8G6eW8FhLLydaPBJ3u8skfesdRJ5SgXLitjWIE3-zhS5Rqz4YQzcCu1w6pt16QeNGtBLl8tSPAWNY3k8TkpXAkqPT-8uTJVh7ikE0lRN6ghJF_apn43_YGWge/s200/Grammar2.jpg" width="145" /></a>Grammar is in the headlines with the arrival of a new test for primary school children, but how much do you know about apostrophes, semi-colons and dangling participles?<br />
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Find out by following <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22512744">this link</a>.Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800230948149838133.post-25559273395378857722013-05-13T12:26:00.001+01:002013-05-13T12:26:10.162+01:00Commander Chris Hadfield - Space Oddity<span id="goog_2071898734"></span><span id="goog_2071898738"></span>Commander Chris<span id="goog_2071898729"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_2071898730"></span> Hadfield <span id="goog_2071898735"></span><span id="goog_2071898739"></span>- the first Canadian to walk in space and surely the coolest man in space* - released this version of David Bowie's Space Oddity on 12 May 2013, after handing over command of the International Space Station before returning home.<br />
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<em>* And described by Forbes as "perhaps the most social media savvy astronaut ever to leave Earth".</em>Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800230948149838133.post-39890795665127937692013-05-03T11:58:00.001+01:002013-05-03T11:58:06.432+01:00More Maths<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WXvsl8xgRxc" width="560"></iframe><br />Jonathan Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620480733147657628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800230948149838133.post-18732407590605874492013-05-03T11:06:00.001+01:002013-05-03T11:06:14.527+01:00School of Hard SumsIf you're not watching <a href="http://uktv.co.uk/dave/series/tvseries/257755">this</a>, you should be.<br />
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Dara O Briain on the importance of Maths:<br />
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<em>“Maths is the language in which the universe is written. It’s innate to the human brain and is a spectacular thing that we’ve discovered/invented. Also it permeates our lives. If you have to discuss something in terms of its utility, we’re moving increasingly to being a technological society and therefore you need to be conversant with it. But in all honesty, I am over discussing things in terms of their utility, as if education is just training for jobs – it isn’t.</em><br />
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<em>"I encounter the same argument in teaching obscure languages: it fires neurons in different ways, helps you with problems. The example I quote is if people really understood probability, they’d save a lot of money on lottery tickets.”</em><br />
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