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The Smallest Touch: Exploring Thresholds of Sensitivity

In this project you will discover the smallest, lightest touch we can detect, learn about tactile receptors, tactile discrimination, and receptive fields, and learn about the peripheral and central ne ...

Tactile Discrimination:  Exploring Receptive Fields

In this experiment, we'll discover how and why certain parts of our bodies are more sensitive than others, and we'll learn about the receptive field, the part of a sensory neuron that feels for us.It ...

Iterating Fractals

Fractals are on the cutting edge of mathematics because deep exploration of their properties was not possible without modern technology. Basically, a fractal is a geometric shape that is self-similar, ...

The Statistics of Sunspots

Sunspots are disturbed areas of the sun that look like spots because they are cooler than the surface of the sun. They have been observed and recorded since the 18th Century. This large collection of ...

Order in Chaos

Iterated algorithms are very important for mathematics today. By repeating equations, scientists are finding brand new things out about the natural world (populations, epidemics, etc.). Iterated algor ...

A Fractal in a Fractal

This experiment will explore whether fractals really repeat themselves infinitely. Are fractals really self-similar? How far must one zoom into a fractal to find an exact replica of the whole fractal? ...

Koch Snowflakes

Although an in-depth study of fractals was not possible before computers, the theory is not totally new. Helge von Koch, a Swedish mathematician, discovered a fractal in the early 20th Century, and no ...

Playing with Probability

Probability expresses the likelihood or odds of something to happen. If the weather forecasts 20% chances of rain odds are that it will not rain. Another example of probability are raffles. You put yo ...

How High Is That?

This project explores ways to measure the heights of objects located out of reach. Project Goals: To illustrate the different ways in which extreme height can be measured. To develop new and improved ...

Is Parallax an Accurate Measure of Distance?

Motion parallax” is easily demonstrable by closing one eye, staring at a pencil, and then opening the closed eye and closing the other. The pencil appears to move because the eyes have different locat ...

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