Seminole SECME 'Hawk Talk' newsletter August 2012

In the Autumn 2012 issue of the Seminole SECME 'Hawk Talk'  newsletter

- Obama Calls Curiosity landing at Mars' Gale Crater "Examples of American know-how and ingenuity...really an amazing accomplishment"
- Mechanical Mayhem at the Museum of Discovery and Science in Ft. Lauderdale
- Figure This! Metric Mathletes - Can Athletes Run Faster Than Cars
- Save the Date!
Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at 3 PM —Seminole SECME Demo Day. New recruits welcome to join!
Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 10 AM-“Robot” Car Wash fundraiser at Burger King
- SECME Spotlight on Captain Sam Smith
- XCKD.COMics “1050—Algebra”
- Hawks Solve to the Fourth Place at PBAU Math Competition

Click here to download the attached PDF copy of our Seminole SECME 'Hawk Talk' newsletter Autumn 2012 issue

Hawk Talk Autumn 2012

Proportions, Pioneers, Phineas

SECME: Plan It, Build It, Live It
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SECME: Plan It, Built It, Live It

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[True story: I've spent part of summer vacation rewriting programs I found in an old Holt Physics textbook (copyright 1999) to run on TI-83 and TI-84s. Rejoice AP Physics B students]

Blogging about "Blogging"

Mythbusting Star Trek - Need I Say More?

First, in June 2009, Barack Obama flashed the Vulcan salute on C-SPAN while talking to John "I'm a PC" Hodgman. Then, in November 2009, the Mythbusters came to the White House. Now, on Monday, December 28, 2009, the Mythbusters team puts the Gorn cannon "myth" to the test. "Arena" was an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, from the first season (episode, #18, production #19, first broadcast January 19, 1967 and repeated on July 6, 1967). Captain Kirk must fight the Gorn for the survival of all humanity! He discovers that there are plenty of natural resources lying about to craft a weapon. He finds elements needed to make some gunpowder. Then he finds a bamboolike plant and cuts a portion of the wood to form a makeshift gun barrel. He also finds diamondlike shards of crystal to use for the projectile.



"Arena" was based on a short story of the same name by Fredric Brown that was first published in the June 1944 issue of Astounding magazine. It was voted one of the best of its genre by the Science Fiction Writers of America and included in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume One, 1929-1964 (see below).



Lastly, let's wrap up this Nerd Pride post with a little XKCD, may I?

UPDATE CAPTAIN'S LOG 2009-12-28
Oh my god!
You killed Buster! You Bastards!