Funky Thermodynamics
I am real sucker for things that make tough ideas easy for kids to grasp. If you have a 10-year old and you peer into his science book, you might well find stuff on thermal conductors. Eeeeuw! How boring that sounds – I can hardly bear to write it.
Well, if you’ve ever heard Flanders & Swann’s recording called ‘First and Second Law’ you’ll change your tune completely. Look at this video (image is irrevelant, audio only) and you’ll see what I’m talking about. Now I am unable to repeat the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics without wanting to snap my fingers, tap my feet and get up and groove around the kitchen.
My children, without even realizing, got into it too, and then completely floored their science teacher by standing up in class and repeating it perfectly, complete with dance moves.
Now they know it for the rest of their lives.
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