A Short Introductory Orientation Class with Aryan Tariq

This morning I had a short but very rainy-smoky class with Aryan Tariq. Our discussion (since it was our first meet, I spoke more than the host should speak) ranged from little things to a couple of big issues. Aryan showed a lot of interest in the way Scientific Knowledge is taught in schools and feels that there needs to be a lot of improvements. We talked very briefly on Halliday's "Fundamentals of Physics" and Richard Feynman. After this discussion I thought why not engage this year's students in everything that Feynman wrote - specially his "Method" of explanation. Such as the fascinating narrative of the investigation of the space shuttle Challenger's 1986 explosion, which Feynman explained through an elegant experiment: Dropping a Rubber Ring into a glass of cold water and pulling it out, MISHAPEN!

In our next class on Thursday, I hope to expand some of the themes introduced today.