Dear STEMSummit2016 teachers, principals, labbies STEM lovers,
Thank you very much for the incredible privilege and amazing opportunity to share a little bit of my excitement with all 750+ of you. I cannot wait to see what you do next and how things are going to change for learners in the Mt Gambier region.
As promised, here are the links to the topics I covered on Friday.
Good luck on your amazing quest!
Ruben
Introduction and demonstrations
Professor Slo & Dr Mo: Slot Car vs hydrogen balloon
Curiosity Show YouTube Channel
Reminisce with Prof Julius Sumner Miller
Royal Institution Christmas Lectures®
DIY Animation: waves, circles, beautiful mathematics
Indispensable maths: prime numbers, internet security
Simple science demos: pencils vs plastic bag full of water
The positron: an electron moving backwards in time
DIY Oersted’s Experiment: compass+battery+coat hanger
Optimism #1 – MORE PEACEFUL: The decline of violence
The Better Angels of Our Nature the book by Professor Steven Pinker (2011)
The surprising decline in violence Steven Pinker’s 20min TED Talk
Steven Pinker: A History of Violence 37min talk at the Singularity Summit
Violence Vanquished essay featuring the two graphs in my slides
The News: A User’s Manual Allain de Botton
Optimism #2 – SMARTER: The Flynn Effect
The Mean IQ of Americans: Massive Gains 1932 to 1978 James Flynn (1984) Psychological Bulletin Vol. 95 No. 1
The Flynn Effect summary of the hypotheses by Indiana University’s Dr Jonathan Plucker
Why our IQ levels are higher than our grandparents’ Prof James Flynn’s TED Talk
Optimism #3 – NICER: The Bystander Effect
“The bystander-effect: A meta-analytic review on bystander intervention in dangerous and non-dangerous emergencies.” Fischer, P. et al. (2011) Psychological bulletin Vol. 137 No.4 *subscription required
Bystander Effect YouTube video (3min 35sec)
The Murder of Kitty Genovese Wikipedia page with good citations to further reading
Optimism #4 – TECHNOLOGY: Better, faster, cheaper
DIY Experiment: Iinfrared remote control
FLIR One: thermal imaging camera
Slow motion smartphone video (embroidery hoop vs pen)
Optimism #5 – SCIENCE: Unsolved Mysteries
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks why do humans die?
A brief history of the universe from Dr Karl’s Great Moments in Science
How do we know the universe is expanding also by Dr Karl