[Catalist] This is cool!!! "Oxford student uses ordinary camera to capture single atom in prize-winning photograph"

Sat Feb 17 15:09:25 AEDT 2018

Isn't it still the same principle? It may work its way into other subjects
and even Oz.

Roy

From: Catalist [mailto:catalist-bounces at lists.stawa.net] On Behalf Of Mark
Gargano (St Joseph's School)
Sent: Friday, 16 February 2018 9:30 AM
To: 'WA Science Teachers Discussion List' <catalist at lists.stawa.net>
Subject: Re: [Catalist] This is cool!!! "Oxford student uses ordinary camera
to capture single atom in prize-winning photograph"

Roy,

Hello. Just before that can of worms goes rogue- it is actually all students
in Mathematics and Computer Science were given an additional 15 min, thus
minimising any perceived issues with female candidates might be more likely
to be adversely affected by time pressure, article here at;
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2018/02/01/oxford-university-extends-ex
am-times-womens-benefit/

<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2018/02/01/oxford-university-extends-e
xam-times-womens-benefit/> 

<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2018/02/01/oxford-university-extends-e
xam-times-womens-benefit/> Oxford University extends exam times for women's
benefit

www.telegraph.co.uk <http://www.telegraph.co.uk> 

Oxford University exam times were increased in a bid to improve the low
scores of women, it has emerged.

Well when your university has a ranking of one, I guess you are able to do
what you like! 

Enjoy another tremendous day in Science people.

Regards,

Mark Gargano

Curriculum Coordinator (Teaching and Learning)

Years 7 to 12

T (08) 9621 3538

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From: Catalist <catalist-bounces at lists.stawa.net
<mailto:catalist-bounces at lists.stawa.net> > on behalf of Roy Skinner
<rsskinner at optusnet.com.au <mailto:rsskinner at optusnet.com.au> >
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2018 9:09 AM
To: 'WA Science Teachers Discussion List'
Subject: Re: [Catalist] This is cool!!! "Oxford student uses ordinary camera
to capture single atom in prize-winning photograph" 

Hey did you know that Oxford Uni now gives female students extra time for
their exams?

What do you all think?

Roy

From: Catalist [mailto:catalist-bounces at lists.stawa.net] On Behalf Of Chris
Creagh
Sent: Wednesday, 14 February 2018 12:15 PM
To: WA Science Teachers Discussion List <catalist at lists.stawa.net
<mailto:catalist at lists.stawa.net> >
Subject: Re: [Catalist] This is cool!!! "Oxford student uses ordinary camera
to capture single atom in prize-winning photograph"

Hi Mark,

It is a very cool experiment - I wish I had done it. Thank you for the
picture. I can use it this semester while teaching about a particle-in-a-box
in QT. 

I think the "size" of the "atom" depend on the pixel size of the camera and
its resolution abilities. By comparing the width of the "atom" to the width
of the gap we get about 1/30. If the gap is 2 x 10E(-3)m as stated in the
report then the atom is around 7 x 10E(-5)m or 70,000 nm, much bigger than I
would have expected for a single atom. So even though the atom is
"stationary" we do not know exactly where it is and no laws of QT have been
broken.

:)

Chris Creagh 

From: Catalist [mailto:catalist-bounces at lists.stawa.net] On Behalf Of Mark
Lehmann
Sent: Wednesday, 14 February 2018 11:32 AM
To: catalist at lists.stawa.net <mailto:catalist at lists.stawa.net> 
Subject: [Catalist] This is cool!!! "Oxford student uses ordinary camera to
capture single atom in prize-winning photograph"

And yes, I know it has been done before .... It is more the fact it actually
makes the news!!!

www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-14/atom-photo-taken-with-ordinary-camera/9445288
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-14/atom-photo-taken-with-ordinary-camera
/9445288> 

Mark Lehmann
Program Coordinator - Digital Communications
Science and Marine Studies Teacher (and a few other bits)
15 McCormack Blvd, Butler WA 6036

OJS : Laughter can destroy the tyrant

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