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    Introducing African American Scientists to kids in Middle School- High School

    Right. But we are also a country of many cultures. It won't do us any good if we don't expose them to Non-Western aspects of Science too. For a minority kid who sees only white men making contributions towards Science he'll eventually will wonder about the one's that are not. Why not expose it...
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    Introducing African American Scientists to kids in Middle School- High School

    The science are facts but this isn't always true with the history of science. We base our history only on written works and evidence. When the evidence is destroyed it is hard to really say.
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    Introducing African American Scientists to kids in Middle School- High School

    Of course. But for this topic they are. It's just something I wanted to ask people planning for black history month next year. You're right one should completely forget about race and nationality. But one would also want to diversify and expose the younger generation about science in...
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    Introducing African American Scientists to kids in Middle School- High School

    My focus is on Blacks only because if I account for everyone the list would be very long. But you're right, how exactly would we do this? I think it would be great if more schools offer a history course on the progression of Science from a variety of cultures. It'll make their Science courses...
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    Introducing African American Scientists to kids in Middle School- High School

    1. Dr. Meredith Gourdine for Physics- Physicist who is best known for finding a successful method to use the principles of EGD to directly convert gas to electricity. 2. Percy Julian for Biology- He created derivative drugs to treat glaucoma and arthritis. 3. Lloyd A. Hall for Chemistry-...
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    Looking to get a list of science books commonly used nationally?

    I'm unsure if this is the right place to post this but I am looking for a list of popular Science/Mathematics textbooks that are commonly used nationally from Middle School-High School? I am doing a research paper. In my thesis I feel as if the history of science is not introduced enough. Most...
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    What is the Success Rate of an Overloaded Industrial Hoist?

    from what I've read it doesn't seem independent...?
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    What is the Success Rate of an Overloaded Industrial Hoist?

    An industrial hoist is being used in an emergency job where the weight exceeds the design limits of two of its components. For the amount of weight being lifted, the probability that the upper attachment hook will fail is 0.20. The probability that the lower hook will fail is 0.10. What is the...
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    Finding the value for rejection region using some kind of table

    I'm lost no how to find the cutoff rejection region and which table to use? This is an example, Data n 34 X-bar 10.3 s 3.1 98% Confidence Interval for µ is 10.3 ± 2.33 x 0.5316 = (9.0632 , 11.5368) Hypothesis H0: µ ≤ 9 H1: µ > 9 Tests...
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    Sketch & Evaluate Region of Integration

    uh, i believe you aren't looking at the corrections, the first one, in the first page is something else... sorry
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    Sketch & Evaluate Region of Integration

    corrections made about my sketch alternative: http://www.yourfilelink.com/get.php?fid=476770
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    Sketch & Evaluate Region of Integration

    http://qaboard.cramster.com/Answer-Board/Image/cramster-equation-20081241616516336400421111250005486.gif Homework Statement 1. Sketch the region of integration 2. Rewrite the integral in the order: dydxdz 3. Evaluate the integral (using either order)The attempt at a solution Attached...
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    Solving 3x3 Magic Squares: 4/6-Folder Reflection & Found

    I understand this, however, in my notes it mentioned 4 steps, 6 steps, and stuff likr 4 folder reflexive... anyone got any idea what's all about?
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    Solving 3x3 Magic Squares: 4/6-Folder Reflection & Found

    3x3 magic squares * updated http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_square#Types_of_magic_squares_and_their_construction given a 3x3 block with 3 numbers inserted e.g. |2|_|_| |_|_|6| |_|3|_| How would I solve this magic square? Is there a pattern for this? The method in wikipedia...
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