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Greetings from The Franklin Institute!

Please help us spread the word in the K-12 community about this online
event scheduled for Tuesday, January 17. It's simple! It's quick! It's
fun! It's free!

Thanks!
Karen Elinich
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THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE ONLINE
www.fi.edu/flip

Celebrate Ben Franklin's 300th Birthday!

A Penny Flipped is Science Learned

Tuesday, January 17, 2006

On January 17, 2006, students around the world will commemorate Benjamin
Franklin's 300th birthday by participating in a common scientific
enterprise.

Students around the world will flip a coin ten times and then enter their
data at The Franklin Institute Online, demonstrating the power of a single
coin when students around the world collectively engage in a common
scientific experiment to determine, once and for all, if "heads" or "tails"
occurs more frequently in coin flips.

www.fi.edu/flip

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The Franklin Institute Science Museum
222 North 20th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103






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Deb Lewis

This isn't the K-12 community and we don't have students.

Deb Lewis

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Yeah, but I'll be checking in on Tuesday to see what the "answer" is---I bet Ben a kiss that the winner would be tails! <g>

~Kelly

Kelly Lovejoy
Conference Coordinator
Live and Learn Unschooling Conference
http://liveandlearnconference.org


-----Original Message-----
From: Deb Lewis <ddzimlew@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:33:06 -0700
Subject: Re: [unschoolingbasics] Flip a penny Tuesday, for a huge experiment


This isn't the K-12 community and we don't have students.

Deb Lewis



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S Drag-teine

Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb "stŭdērĕ", which means "to direct one's zeal at"; hence a student is one who directs zeal at a subject. Therefore by the very definition we are the only ones who have students.

And as K-12 is only a level indicator like age is and the Earth is a community... I think this is a wonderful large scale activity that we (my son and I) do not have regular access to and I thank you who shared this with us.

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Deb Lewis
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 4:33 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [unschoolingbasics] Flip a penny Tuesday, for a huge experiment

This isn't the K-12 community and we don't have students.

Deb Lewis



Yahoo! Groups Links

seana saxon

Thanks for the link and the cool idea. I'll see if my girls want to
participate.
--
Seana Saxon
Wild Child Weaver of my two beautiful angels
Genevieve and Elissa