Monthly Archives: May 2015

How to drill a well

Posted on May 10, 2015 by Andy Rundquist

In one of my courses this semester students were learning about the coriolis and centrifugal forces that things seem to experience on the earth. There’s a problem at the back of the chapter that asks when a dropped rock would … Continue reading →

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In class versus screencast

Posted on May 3, 2015 by Andy Rundquist

Something happened in class on Friday that I wanted to get down before I forgot about it. It’s a good follow up to my last post about the value of class time. On Fridays we do a review of the … Continue reading →

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