In 1970‚ in small town Riceville‚ Iowa‚ Mrs. Elliot decided to present an experiment she had started previously with a third grade class after the shooting of Martin Luther King Jr. Mrs. Elliot‚ had always presented the topic of racism in her classes‚ as she felt it was important for her students to truly understand what was occurring. The day after the wrongful killing of MLK Jr.‚ she said she wanted to start an experiment with her class because the predominant white male adult newscasters‚ spoke
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atrocities against other women? The usual answer is to portray women guards as more like surrogate men (Sarah Helm). Dr. Herta Oberheuser was one of the most cruel‚ gruesome female doctors in Ravensbrück. Dr. Oberheuser ran many different types of experiments‚ but she had two certain ones she focused mainly on. She would test different types of injections on children‚ such as evipen and oil. After waiting until they either died‚ or still may be fully alive and aware she would continue working on them
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Jacob Stewart Dr. Wells English 101 20 September 2013 In the 1950’s‚ a series of experiments were performed by psychologist Solomon Asch on the effects peer pressure can have on someone that would otherwise be stalwart in their judgment. In the experiment‚ a group of young men were shown a line with three other lines of various lengths next to it‚ and asked to determine which of three lines matched the length of the first line. There was‚ however‚ a catch: all but one of the men were
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interesting chemistry (as you ’ll find about in this experiment). Have some fun and find out what color candle burns the fastest by conducting your very own candle race! Required materials 5 candles of varying colors‚ preferably white‚ pink‚ yellow‚ green‚ and blue (must be same brand and size) Ruler Marker or Sharpie Matches or lighter Scissors Clay‚ Putty‚ or Play dough Ceramic plate Stop Watch Pencil Notebook (to record results) Estimated Experiment Time About 1 to 2 hours Step-By-Step Procedure
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“polymer creatures‚” which are the things that are used in experiments about polymers. The polymer creatures‚ made out of two different polymers‚ are both hydrophobic and hydrophilic. This means that while the hydrophilic polymer absorbs water‚ the hydrophobic polymer keeps the shape that the creature was originally in while the water is inside the creature. Another name for this process is osmosis
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The stanford prison experiment Assignment #3 Watch the video on the Zimbardo Stanford Prison Experiment available in the Webliography (Quiet Rage http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/quiet-rage-the-stanford-prison-experiment/). In your Threaded Discussion‚ worth 20 pts‚ post your thoughts regarding the following discussion questions excerpted from Zimbardo: 1) Was it ethical to do this study? Was it right to trade the suffering experienced by participants for the knowledge gained by the research
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Analysis Torque is the ability of force to change the rotational motion of a particle. It is also called the moment of force. It is always specified with regard to the axis of rotation. On the experiment the axis of rotation serves as the model balance. This means that as much as torque is directly proportional with the force applied on a particle‚ it is also dependent on the perpendicular distance of the applied force to the axis of rotation. On the first activity we need to determine
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of doctors and scientist thinking that they were being taken care of. The men participated in an experiment called the Tuskegee syphilis Experiment were the men would partake in a medical study. This paper will examine how scientist took advantage of the men who participated in this experiment and neglected to tell them the truth. This topic really interest me because it took 40 years into the experiment to see that it was not scientific but a real case of cruelty to innocent men. So how is it that
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Microbial Growth of Consumable Products By Bryce Wilmott AIM: To calculate the quantity of observable microbial colonies on the surface of the Agar solid‚ as to determine the presence of microbes in consumable products i.e. yoghurt and blue vein cheese. HYPOTHESIS: Microbial growth will be present in two of the three Agar plates (those containing the food product) due to the suspected presence of microbes‚ whilst the control Agar plate (containing no food products)
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TOPIC: Spring Mass Oscillator OBJECTIVE: To determine the spring constant (K)‚ using mass system. APPARATUS: STEEL RULE SPRING STOP WATCH TAPE MEASURE SLOTTED MASS THEORY: In classical mechanics‚ a harmonic oscillator is a system which ‚ when displaced from its equilibrium position‚ experience a restoring force‚ F‚ proportional to the displacement‚ X‚ according to Hooke’s Law; F = – KX = mα …………………………………. Where‚
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