activation energy

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Up And Over And Down.....

a: Activation energy ~
b: a fence to climb over before

What: "The activation energy is like a fence to climb over before you can ski down a hill. Often times, the reactions don't happen in our lives, because we do not climb over the fence, we do not reach the activation energy."

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Writer: Garth Kroeker
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Date: Apr 30 2013 10:30 AM


Yuky Biology

a: Activation energy ~
b: when you have to pee

What: "Activation energy is like when you have to pee and you are sleeping in bed. You need a huge effort to wake up, but later you will feel a lot better. Catalysis is when you can pee in bed."

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Writer: cippo
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Date: Apr 30 2013 10:33 AM


All Sorts Of Associations......

a: Activation energy ~
b: a hill a barrier, a wall an inpediment

What: The link is to a book about using analogy in science education. They discuss the limits of using this type of method. One problem is the student's free associating and coming up with their own conceptualization of the subject matter. While this is good for poetry and many other things, it not good for science topics. This subject matter is understood and well defined. So in the context of teaching and learning science, there are bad analogies, good analogies and then really good analogies.

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Writer: Peter Charles Taylor
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Date: Apr 30 2013 10:39 AM



Green Venn Diagram

METAMIA is a free database of analogy and metaphor. Anyone can contribute or search. The subject matter can be anything. Science is popular, but poetry is encouraged. The goal is to integrate our fluid muses with the stark literalism of a relational database. Metamia is like a girdle for your muses, a cognitive girdle.