Daniel

I can't promise to actually make anything (pressure of work at the moment), but
I'm more than happy to read through the instructions and look for gotcha's.

Messages to the group can't have attachments, but you can probably upload the
instructions to the file area. Alternatively, by all means e-mail direct to me.
My e-mail address should be visible in the "from" of this message.

Dave S

----- Original Message -----
From: Daniel Barth
To: slideruleforum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 5:04 AM
Subject: Re: [Slide Rule Forum] slide rules in physics class


David,

Thanks for your support! I'm also prototyping a slide
rule kit (build cost about $2.50) so the kids can have
a slide rule to take home after class. Would you be
interested in a copy of the instructions? You can be
one of my beta testers! I need people who know slide
rules to critique this before I jump into the shark
tank and try it out on the kids.

Thanks!

Lugh

--- David Smart <smartware@...> wrote:

> What a breath of fresh air!! You are so right and I
> wish you the best of luck.
>
> I don't know what you think about the idea of also
> spending some time with log tables - again teaching
> maths instead of button-pushing. (Of course, they
> won't have the arithmetic skills to add/subtract the
> actual logs - but maybe they can use their
> calculators for that.)
>
> I see this lack of "sanity check" on results in
> industry all the time. People will happily
> calculate a nonsensical result and just put it down
> without thinking about whether it's achievable. At
> least the slide-rule forces them to think about the
> process, so they can get the power-of-ten right.
>
> Of course, appropriate application of a different
> type of log (e.g. a 4x2) is a good teaching tool
> too. :-)
>
> Dave S
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Lugh MacSheehan
> To: slideruleforum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 9:38 AM
> Subject: [Slide Rule Forum] slide rules in physics
> class
>
>
> Friends,
>
> I'm planning to use slide rules in my physics and
> astronomy classes
> next fall. Yeah, really! I'm damn tired of kids
> pounding their
> TI-85's until they get frustrated, punching the
> equal key and writing
> down whatever shows up on the display as if it
> came down the mountain
> on a stone tablet. Slide rules force you to think
> a bit and give you
> a lot better feel for the math than any calculator
> ever invented.
>
> If you have any suggestions on the following, I'd
> love to hear from you:
>
> 1. Lessons, or ideas you remember from your days
> in school learning
> the slide rule.
>
> 2. Sources for cheap or donated rules to use in
> class. (No collectors
> items, I'd want the basic plastic models like
> Sterling and others
> made. That way I won't cry if one gets broken.)
>
> 3. Anybody have a line on one of the old giant
> Pickett rules teachers
> used to have in class to teach the slide rule???
>
> Anything I develop can be posted back to the group
> for your use and
> amusement.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lugh MacSheehan
> Hemet, CA
>
>
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>
>
>
>




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