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Experimenting with cooking is self-tutoring. The tutor discusses making French fries in the oven. I wanted to make French fries, but don’t have a fryer. I looked up the oven method on the internet. I admit I didn’t follow any …
Tutoring geography, agriculture is topical. The tutor brings up maple syrup production by region. Of course my kids have this Friday off, so I made them (and myself) pancakes for breakfast. While they actually prefer plain syrup, I like maple …
Tutoring web design, you encounter color choices. The tutor follows his fascination about off-whites paired with dark colors. From my research, here is what ebony and ivory look like together: ▮▮▮ Ebony ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮ and ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮ ivory:) ▮▮▮ Source: w3schools treeplantation.com …
Tutoring social studies, the Maritimes enter the conversation. The tutor mentions a discovery he made a couple of days ago about Nova Scotia. Recently, looking at a map of Nova Scotia, I noticed a place called Lawrencetown, perhaps about 5 …
Canadian Geography: two Lawrencetowns in Nova Scotia? Read more »
Lifestyle tutoring takes the front once again, as the tutor mentions some observations about this season’s apple harvest. I’m no pruning expert, but I do know some principles about it. Normally I prune the apple tree during winter. Last year, …
Tutoring math, number-oriented topics naturally arise. The tutor gives some simple points about the UTM coordinate system. UTM stands for Universal Transverse Mercator: it produces a grid on Earth from which locations can be referenced. UTM organizes the Earth, from …
Tutoring, you might wonder about minutes of homework per night. The tutor shares some findings. I’ve heard a rule of thumb that the suggested amount of homework per night is grade times 10. Therefore, a grade 8 student can expect …
Tutoring stats, you deal with p-values. The tutor shows an Excel connection. In my posts here and here I mention p-values. Example: Using Excel, get a two-tailed p-value for z=2.4 Solution: Using symmetry, it’s best to get the cumulative z-probability …
Tutoring biology, you come across the concept of trophic level. The tutor defines it. In an ecosystem, a tropic level can be thought of as a level of energy or of consumption. The organisms at trophic level 1 are called …
More lifestyle self-tutoring: to take or not to take cold relief medication? The tutor offers perspective. There’s a cold circulating; yesterday it hit me like a ton of bricks. Yet, I had to perform my duties. Normally, I just tough …