Dr. Frank's Science Page

Visitors,

Welcome to my science teaching page. Here, I post some past and current work for use in my classes and lectures. Use with permission only, and have fun! D.G.F.

Dr. Frank's Fall 2008 Classes
Applied Science and Mathematics Calculus / Post-Calculus Chemistry Statistics of Science and Math WITH BIOLOGY Practical Computer Skills Physical Science I

Handouts & Worksheets
The following handouts are used in many of Dr. Frank's Classes. Use with permission! General The Scientific Method Some Milestones in the History of Western Science Discourse on Method (Descartes) Laboratory Notebook Protocol Laboratory Report Format Quantifying Phenomena (excerpt) "The Tool" (excerpt) Microscopes Dimensional Analysis Dimensional Analysis Worksheet #1 Dimensional Analysis Worksheet #2 Fundamental Constants Conversion Table A (good for taping in lab notebook) Conversion Table B (good for taping in lab notebook) Metric Prefixes Fermi Calculations Chemistry Periodic Table of the Elements Common Chemicals Physics Falling Balls Worksheet "The Rules of the Game" (excerpt) Feynman Lectures v1 Ch1 Computing Moore's Law
Links to several science videos. 'DrFrankVids' on YouTube Dr Frank Rides a Pendulum... Archimedes' Principle Honda Ad 'Gallopin' Gertie' Octopus Symbiosis Imagining the Tenth Dimension Hubble Telescope Deep Field Zoom Hubble pan across deep field galaxies Hubble zoom of NGC 3324 Hubble Telescope Site

Science, Naturwissenschaften, and Kotz
During my Graduate work, I designed and built a custom electron microscope designed to measure electron emission from surfaces by both angle and energy. With this device I discovered an interesting new electron scattering phenomenon which was featured in cover articles, technical books, and textbooks. Science Article

Science and Christianity
A Credible Faith Science and Faith Essay

Predicting the Election

In my 2003 Differential Phenomenon class at the Schilling School for Gifted Children, I predicted the outcome of the 2004 election to be 52% to 48%, with a Republican win.
My claim was that anytime you have a difference in nature, you set up an oscillator. One of the students wondered if we could model presidential politics with oscillators (after all, the parties are different!)

Well, I've been on record now for several years that the 2008 election will also be a Republican win...
but the winner will only serve one term...here is a graph which summarizes my model:

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