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People need to play with magnets
Posted by Rhett Allain on October 6, 2008
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Question from class: *What do magnets interact with?* Basically, everyone said “metals”. I am quite surprised. No one specifically indicated that magnets only interact with iron and steel (of the materials they would likely see). I understand that steel is a very common material they are likely to encounter, but what about aluminum? I think…
Cat in the Hat sits on a throne of Lies!
Posted by Rhett Allain on September 8, 2008 My kids like books. Especially when they are going to bed. I let my daughter pick a book and she picked “Clam-I-am. All About the BEACH” by Trish Rabe. It is nice, it rhymes. The pictures are pretty. Then I get to this page:  So, the ocean is blue because of the sky? How…